Chris Miller
Biography
Christopher Matthew Miller (born January 20, 1968) is an American animator, director, and voice actor employed by Paramount Animation and formerly DreamWorks Animation. He is best known for directing Shrek the Third and Puss in Boots (for which he received his first Academy Award nomination) and for voicing The Magic Mirror from the Shrek film series and Kowalski the Penguin in the Madagascar film series.
Miller was born on January 20, 1968, in Washington, D.C. He studied animation at the California Institute of Arts.
In an interview with Robert K. Elder for The Film That Changed My Life, Miller attributes his success in film to Sleeper. "I would be penniless and drunk on the corner, begging for cash, if I had not seen the film Sleeper. I guarantee you."
Most directed genres
Recurring actors
The career in numbers
- US$ 348 mi Total budget from 3 film(s) with data
- US$ 1.5 bi Total box office from 3 film(s) with data
- US$ 116 mi Average budget from 3 film(s) with data
- US$ 496 mi Average box office from 3 film(s) with data
- 6.2 Average rating from 3 film(s) with data
- 4.3× Return on investment from 3 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Smurfs
|
2025 | US$ 58 mi | US$ 124 mi | 5.7 |
Puss in Boots
|
2011 | US$ 130 mi | US$ 555 mi | 6.6 |
Shrek the Third
|
2007 | US$ 160 mi | US$ 808 mi | 6.3 |
Lea Press on Limbs
|
1988 | — | — | 8.0 |
