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Chris Renaud is an American illustrator and film-maker. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the 2006 animated short No Time for Nuts, which featured the character Scrat from the computer animated Ice Age films. Most recently, he directed Despicable Me, starring the voice of Steve Carell, which debuted #1 at the U.S. box office on July 9th, 2010. After graduating from Syracuse University with an illustration degree, Renaud began work as a graphic designer in the sports entertainment industry. He has created logo designs and mascot characters for NFL Properties, the NBA, and Foot Locker, among others. After working as a designer and illustrator for a variety of publications and agencies, Chris began drawing and writing comic books. Working for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics, his notable projects include illustrating Marvel's Starfleet Academy and pitching the original story concept that evolved into Batman: Cataclysm. This yearlong tale across all Batman-related comics resulted in increased sales and visibility for the renowned character. As the production designer on the Disney Channels’ The Book of Pooh, Renaud transitioned into the world of children’s television. Since that groundbreaking project, he has been able to design virtual sets and puppet characters for Bear in the Big Blue House, Lazy Town, Curious Pictures, Sony Animation, and many more. With the new show It's a Big Big World, currently airing on PBS, he took the lead role in the visual development and design of every aspect of this Emmy-nominated children’s program. Renaud worked for Blue Sky Studios as a story artist on such films as Robots, Ice Age: The Meltdown, and the Dr. Seuss classic Horton Hears A Who!. He also wrote and co-directed the animated short No Time for Nuts, which received an Annie Award and a 2007 Oscar nomination within the animated short films category. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2006. Renaud works for Illumination Entertainment and lives in Paris, France. He directed Despicable Me, starring Steve Carell, which was released in the U.S. on July 9, 2010.
Chris Renaud
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for Director in DreamWorks Animation's Shark Tale 2
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From the Creators of Shrek and The Boss Baby. Right after Oscar told everybody the truth that an anchor killed Lenny's brother, Frankie but not him, all of the sharks and sea critters are getting along with 1 another. Don Lino's wife, Mildred has just returned right after being away for quite a super long time. Meanwhile, Master Volt and his evil electric eel henchman named Zippy and Zappy are planning to take control of the entire reef. Lola falls in love with a rich male fish named Reuben and eventually marries him and they both have a son named Stuart. Lenny begins feeling depressed and having flashback memories of Frankie's passing, but eventually gets over it when he watches television, then falls in love with a female vegetarian shark who he dates, then gets married to. In Lenny and Crystal's bedroom, Crystal tells Lenny the super exciting news that she's pregnant and Lenny's gonna become a father to a little boy pup or a little girl pup and Don Lino and Mildred along with George and Mona are gonna become grandparents and Boris and Maria are gonna become an uncle and an aunt as well. Eventually, Lenny and Crystal have little twin shark pups named Sheldon, who's got Crystal's light blue eyes and Sheena, who's got Lenny's light green eyes as well.
