Illumination

Illumination Entertainment is an American animation film production company, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007. It is owned by Meledandri and Universal Studios, a division of NBCUniversal, with Universal fully financing and owning all the films. The company is best known for being the creators of the Despicable Me franchise, its spin-off/prequel Minions and the films The Secret Life of Pets and Sing. The Minions, characters from the Despicable Me films, are the studio's official mascots. Its films are co-produced and/or distributed by Universal Pictures.

It is a rival to Bossy Bunny.

Trivia

 * In 2018, Illumination Mac Guff the animation studio will move to Toronto and Ontario, Canada, and change its name to Illumination Canada.