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Yarrow Cheney (born 1973) is an American production designer, visual effects artist, director, animator, and children's book illustrator. He is best known for his works as a production designer in Despicable Me 2 (2013), The Lorax (2012) and Despicable Me (2010) for which he received Primetime Emmy and Annie Awards nominations.

Yarrow Cheney
Cheney in 2016
Born	1973 (age 48–49)
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts[1]
Occupation	Film director, production designer
Years active	1995-present
Spouse	Carrie Cheney[1]
Website	www.yarrowcheney.com

In 2016, Cheney co-directed Illumination Entertainment's The Secret Life of Pets with Chris Renaud,[2] that received positive reviews and became the sixth highest grossing-film of 2016.[3] He directed The Grinch (2018), with Scott Mosier.[4]

His debut children's book Superworld: Save Noah, the first in a middle grade series written by his wife Carrie Cheney, publishes on October 4, 2022.

Early life

Cheney was born to Jack Cheney and Caryn Brady in 1973. He attended California Institute of the Arts from 1992-1995.

Filmography

Animation

• The Iron Giant (1999): CGI animator
• Quest for Camelot (1998): Animator
• Cats Don't Dance (1997): Animator

Director

• The Grinch (2018) also character designer
• The Secret Life of Pets (co-director) (2016)
• Puppy (2013): Short, also writer
• The Very First Noel (2006) (re-released in 2020 as The Three Wise Men[1]): Video Short, also editor, art director and producer

Production designer

• Despicable Me 2 (2013)
• The Lorax (2012)
• Despicable Me (2010)
• The Very First Noel (2006): Video short
• Curious George (2006)
• The ChubbChubbs! (2002): Short

Other

• Dilbert (1999): main title designer
• Mummies Alive! (1997): concept artist
• The Maxx (1995): TV Mini-Series, background layout artist, 7 episodes

Awards and nominations

• 2014: Outstanding Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Feature Production - Despicable Me 2 (nom) (shared with Eric Guillon)[5]
• 2013: Annie Award for Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production -The Lorax (nom) (shared withEric Guillon and Colin Stimpson)[6]
• 2011: Annie Award for Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production - Despicable Me (nom)[7]
• 1999: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design - Dilbert (shared with Carrie Cheney)[8]

References

External links

• Official website
• Yarrow Cheney at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Yarrow Cheney

Yarrow Cheney (* 1966) ist ein US-amerikanischer Filmregisseur und Animator, Produktionsdesigner und Künstler für visuelle Effekte. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Arbeiten als Produktionsdesigner in Ich – Einfach unverbesserlich 2, Der Lorax und Ich – Einfach unverbesserlich, für die er Nominierungen für den Primetime Emmy and Annie Awards erhielt.

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- [en] Yarrow Cheney

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