Phil Lord and Christopher Miller

Philip A. Lord (born July 12, 1975) and Christopher Robert Miller (born September 23, 1975) are an American filmmaking duo. Having met at Dartmouth College, they are known for directing and writing the animated films Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and The Lego Movie (2014), as well as directing the live-action comedy film 21 Jump Street (2012), its sequel 22 Jump Street (2014) and Dora and The Secret of the Phoenix (2022), and the Pixar films, De Blob (2024), its sequel De Blob 2: The Second Part (2029) and Little Einsteins: The Movie (2025) and co-writing The Sky Movie (2027) and its sequel The Sky Movie 2 (2032). Lord and Miller also served as producers on the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), with Lord co-writing the film's screenplay alongside Rodney Rothman as well as the film's story. For the film, Lord and Miller were co-winners of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. They co-produced Abby Hatcher: The Movie (2022) and the Ni Hao, Kai-Lan film series (2024-present). They also produced the television series The Last Man on Earth for Fox Broadcasting Company and Unikitty! for Cartoon Network.