Phil Lord
Birthdate: Jul 12, 1975
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, USA
Phil Lord (birthname: Philip Anderson Lord) is one half (with creative partner Christopher Miller) of one of Hollywood’s most successful filmmaking teams, making highly stylish movies in animation and live action. Lord earned his first feature credit as a co-writer of the satirical sketch comedy, Extreme Movie (2008), co-directed and co-written by Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson, with the ensemble of Kevin Hart, Frankie Muniz, Ryan Pinkston, Jamie Kennedy, Matthew Lillard, and Michael Cera, and which was released by Dimension Films.
Lord had his filmmaking breakthrough with his director/writer debut, the animated sci-fi comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), co-directed and co-written by Christopher Miller, based on Judi and Ron Barrett’s 1978 children’s book, starring the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Al Roker, Lauren Graham and Will Forte, and grossing a fine $243 million return (based on estimated costs) for Sony Pictures Animation/Sony Releasing; Lord co-wrote the story for Sony Animation’s very successful sequel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), delivering a $274.3 million gross.
Lord was co-director (with Miller) of his first live action movie, the big-screen version of the hit TV series, 21 Jump Street (2012), starring Jonah Hill (who also co-wrote the story), Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle and Ice Cube, premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival and earning a robust $201.6 million box office for Sony Pictures Releasing; Lord followed up as co-director (with Miller) of the sequel, 22 Jump Street (2014), with new cast member Peter Stormare, grossing a big $331.3 million (based on estimated costs) for Sony Pictures Releasing.
Phil Lord was co-director/writer (with Christopher Miller) of the brilliant animated feature primarily produced by Warner Animation Group/Village Roadshow Pictures/Lego System A/S, The Lego Movie (2014), starring the voices of Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks, Will Arnett, Nick Offerman, Alison Brie, Charlie Day, Liam Neeson and Morgan Freeman, grossing a strong $470.7 million worldwide (based on estimated costs) for Warner Bros. Pictures (World)/Roadshow Films (Australia); Lord was co-writer and co-producer (with Miller) of the sequel, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019), with new voice cast members Tiffany Haddish and Maya Rudolph under Mike Mitchell’s direction, and grossing $200 million for Warner Bros. Pictures. Lord (with Miller) had been co-directors of Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), but were fired deep into production and replaced by Ron Howard, who completed the production and re-shot approximately 70% of the footage that Lord and Miller had directed; Lord and Miller decided to remove their names as co-directors and took executive producer credits.
Lord was co-writer (with Rodney Rothman) of the screenplay and sole writer of the story of the first animated Spider-Man franchise movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), starring the voices of Shameik Moore (as Spider-Man), Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Nicolas Cage and Liev Schreiber under the co-direction of Bob Persichetti, Pater Ramsay and Rodney Rothman, and which earned a knockout $394 million box office (based on estimated costs) for Sony Pictures Releasing; Lord was a co-writer/co-producer (with Miller) of Sony/Columbia’s animated sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), with new voice cast members Lauren Velez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Shea Whigham, Daniel Kaluuya and Oscar Isaac under the co-direction of Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, and earning an outstanding $690.8 million (based on estimated costs); Lord also co-wrote and co-produced (with Miller) Sony/Columbia’s third movie in the franchise, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027), co-directed by Persichetti and Thompson.
Phil Lord was co-director/co-producer (with Miller, among others including Amy Pascal, star Ryan Gosling and author Andy Weir) of the anticipated movie version of Weir’s best-selling 2021 sci-fi novel, Project Hail Mary (2026), starring Gosling, Sandra Hüller, Lionel Boyce and Ken Leung, written by Drew Goddard, and which was released wide by Amazon MGM Studios (U.S. and Canada)/Sony Pictures Releasing International (International). Lord has been producer (again with partner Miller) of Brigsby Bear (2017), The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), director/co-writer Mike Rianda’s animated sci-fi comedy The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), the Elizabeth Banks-directed Cocaine Bear (2023), Strays (2023) and co-directors/writers/producers Tyler Nilson’s and Michael Schwartz’s Cuban drama Los Frikis (2024), and was also executive producer (with Miller) on the animated features Storks (2016), Smallfoot (2018) and The Sheep Detectives (2026).
Personal life
Phil Lord was born and raised in Miami by his mother, a Cuban-born psychologist, and father, a former aviation executive and dance company director. Lord studied at and graduated from Ransom Everglades High School in Miami. Lord attended and graduated in 1997 from Dartmouth College, where he made comics for the university newspaper and was a member of the co-ed undergraduate society, Amarna. Lord’s height is 5’ 9 ½ ”. Lord’s estimated net worth is $50 million.
Phil Lord Movies
director
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- 2026 |
Project Hail Mary
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spaceship light-years from Earth. As his memory returns, he uncovers a mission to stop a mysterious substance killing the sun, and save Earth. An unexpected friendship may be the key.
- 2014 |
22 Jump Street
After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college.
- 2014 |
The Lego Movie
An ordinary LEGO construction worker, thought to be the prophesied as "special", is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil tyrant from gluing the LEGO universe into eternal stasis.
- 2012 |
21 Jump Street
A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring.
- 2009 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
A local scientist is often regarded as a failure until he invents a machine that can make food fall from the sky. But little does he know that things are about to take a turn for the worst.
producer
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- 2024 |
Los Frikis
Inspired by true events, Los Frikis is a coming-of-age story set in early 90s Cuba where a group of punk rockers in search of freedom deliberately inject HIV to live at a government-run treatment home so they can create their own utopia.
- 2023 |
- 2023 |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Miles Morales catapults across the multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.
- 2023 |
Cocaine Bear
An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
- 2021 |
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
- 2018 |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
A Brooklyn teenager unexpectedly becomes Spider-Man and discovers he’s not the only one. Pulled into a collapsing multiverse, he must team up with alternate versions of the hero to stop a catastrophic threat. What begins as chaos turns into a powerful journey about identity, responsibility, and learning to believe you’re enough.
- 2017 |
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Shunned by everyone for being the son of an evil warlord, a teenager seeks to defeat him with the help of his fellow ninjas.
- 2017 |
Brigsby Bear
After being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.
- 2017 |
The Lego Batman Movie
A cooler-than-ever Bruce Wayne must deal with the usual suspects as they plan to rule Gotham City, while discovering that he has accidentally adopted a teenage orphan who wishes to become his sidekick.
writer
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- 2013 |
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational, and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids.
actor
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Facts About Phil Lord
Frequent Collaborators: Lord, besides his steady creative partnership with Christopher Miller, also regularly collaborates with composer Mark Mothersbaugh and actor Will Forte.
Shingle: Lord is co-founder/co-owner of Lord Miller Productions with Christopher Miller.
Influences: Lord has noted that his filmmaking influences include Stanley Kubrick, Robert Altman, Hal Ashby, Bill Plympton, Joel and Ethan Coen, Akira Kurosawa, Spike Lee, Billy Wilder, Chuck Jones, Matt Groening, George Lucas, Tim Burton and Ingmar Bergman.
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