Chris Renaud (born December 1966) is an American illustrator and filmmaker. 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. His most notable work is the
Despicable Me franchise, including
Despicable Me and
Despicable Me 2, which he co-directed with
Pierre Coffin. Along with Coffin, he also co-created and lent his voice to The Minion characters.