Christopher Miller

Director & actor · born 23 September 1975 · Everett, Washington, USA

Christopher Robert Miller (born September 23, 1975) is an American filmmaker with his filmmaking partner Phil Lord. They are the creators and co-stars of the adult animated sitcom Clone High (2002–2003, 2023–2024) and the writers and directors of the animated films Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and The Lego Movie (2014), as well as the directors of the live-action comedy film 21 Jump Street (2012) and its sequel, 22 Jump Street (2014).

Lord and Miller are best known for working on the film series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie and Spider-Verse, which won them the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and a nomination for the aforementioned award for producing the sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). They have also worked on the television series The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018) for Fox, Unikitty! (2017–2020) for Cartoon Network, and most recently, The Afterparty (2022–2023) for Apple TV+.

Where to start: Project Hail Mary (2026).