Chris Miller most recently co-directed the comedy 21 Jump Street starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. The movie, which Miller co-directed with his longtime friend Phil Lord, opened at number one and grossed more than $36 million in its first weekend. The duo will next direct the animated adventure-comedy feature film, Lego: The Piece of Resistance for Warner Bros.

Miller & Lord previously co-wrote and directed the Sony Pictures Animation feature Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, which is loosely based on the beloved children’s book of the same name. The filmmaker’s unique comic sensibilities earned the film a Golden Globe and Critics Choice nomination for Best Animated Feature along with four Annie Award nominations for excellence in animation, including Best Direction and Best Screenplay.

Miller and Lord’s collaboration started when they met at Dartmouth College. The two contend it was a mistake that landed them a job developing Saturday morning cartoons for the Walt Disney Company, which led to their stint developing primetime animated shows for Touchstone Television. In 2002, they executive produced, wrote, and directed the short-lived but highly talked about animated series Clone High on MTV. The series was critically acclaimed for its well-developed and unique personalities as well as for its witty, fast-paced dialogue, but is probably best known for causing a hunger strike in India and being quickly cancelled. Miller voiced the characters of John F. Kennedy and Mr. Butlertron.

Among their television writing credits, Miller and Lord served as co-executive producers on How I Met Your Mother, the Emmy-winning primetime sitcom that began airing on CBS in September of 2005; and executive producers of many failed pilots including Awesometown, featuring the comedy troupe The Lonely Island, and Phil Hendrie featuring the radio genius of the same name. The team also worked as consulting producers on Jake in Progress and Cracking Up, supervising producers on Method & Red and Luis, and staff writers on Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane.

While still pursuing his education, Miller received the 1998 New England Film and Video Festival Awards prize for his animated short, Sleazy Goes to France. He also served as editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth College campus humor magazine, The Jack-O-Lantern.

Miller is a native of Lake Stevens, Washington. He left there to attend Dartmouth College, where he found a lifelong friend in Phil Lord while obtaining a degree in government and studio art: three achievements, two of which are useful to his career.

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