Illumination Entertainment

Illumination Entertainment is an American film and animation studio founded by Chris Meledandri in 1996. Illumination is a division owned by NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of its wholly owned by Comcast. Meledandri produces the films, while Universal finances and distributes all the films. The studio is responsible for the Despicable Me, The Secret Life of Pets and Sing franchises and the film adaptations of Dr. Seuss’ books Horton Hears a Who!, The Lorax, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Green Eggs and Ham, and The Cat in the Hat. The Minions, characters from the Despicable Me series, are the studio's mascots.

Filmography

 * The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
 * Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) (Co-Animated with Big Idea Productions)
 * G.I. Joe Spy Troops (2003)
 * Spookley the Square Pumpkin (2004)
 * Barbie Fairytopia (2005)
 * The Wild (2006) (Co-Animated with Focus Features)
 * Race (2007)
 * The Pirates Who do Don't Anything: A VeggieTales Movie (2008) (Co-Animated with Big Idea Productions)
 * Luke and Lucy: The Texas Rangers (2009)
 * Despicable Me (2010)
 * Hop (2011)
 * SeeFood (2011)
 * The Lion of Judah (2011)
 * The Lorax (2012)
 * Despicable Me 2 (2013)
 * Beyond Beyond (2014)
 * Minions (2015)
 * The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
 * Sing (2016)
 * Despicable Me 3 (2017)
 * Monster Island (2017)
 * Next Gen (2018)
 * The Grinch (2018)
 * The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
 * Dreambuilders (2020)
 * America the Motion Picture (2021) (Co-Animated with Focus Features)
 * The Pingu Movie 2 in Icegeddon (2021)
 * Sing 2 (2021)
 * Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)

Upcoming films

 * Untitled Mario film (2023)
 * Migration (2023)
 * Despicable Me 4 (2024)