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  1. He co-founded the production company The Meledandri/Gordon Company (with Mark Gordon) until he left in 1991. Meledandri afterwards was the producer for a series of small films, before working as a producer for the 1993 Disney film Cool Runnings, which was a financial success.

  2. Jun 27, 2023 · He co-founded The Meledandri/Gordon Company, now The Mark Gordon Company. He was a producer of Disney’s “Cool Runnings” before joining 20th Century Fox. He led their acquisition of Blue Sky Studios and executive produced many of their most successful films, including “Ice Age.”

  3. Jan 5, 2014 · The animation boss behind ‘Ice Age’ and ‘Despicable Me’ was denied kids’ films when young. Gofer made good: Chris Meledandri’s ‘Despicable Me 2’ was 2013’s top-grossing animated ...

  4. In 1987, film producers Mark Gordon and Chris Meledandri, the latter of whom would later go on to found Illumination Entertainment, formed The Meledandri/Gordon Company, with a non-exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures.

  5. Jun 13, 2022 · EXCLUSIVE: Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri will today unveil the world premiere of Minions: The Rise of Gru at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

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  6. Jun 29, 2021 · Nintendo has confirmed a new board position for Minions producer and Illumination founder Chris Meledandri. Meledandri was initially proposed for the position back in May, but he has now been...

  7. Dec 9, 2016 · Meledandri, 57, who has two sons, made that thought one of his guiding principles when, a year later, Universal Pictures lured him away from Fox to start his own animation studio, Illumination...

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