. . . . . "Subsidiary of Universal Pictures"@en . . . . . "Illumination Entertainment is an American film production company, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007."@en . "Illumination Entertainment ist ein US-Amerikanisches Animationsfilmproduktionsstudio, welches 2007 von Chris Meledandri gegr\u00FCndet wurde. Das Studio geh\u00F6rt zu Universal Pictures, einer Tochtergesellschaftvon Comcast."@de . . . . . . . "Chris Meledandri"@en . . . . "Los Angeles, California, United States"@en . . . . "Illumination Entertainment"@de . "Meledandri left his post as President of 20th Century Fox Animation in early 2007 where he supervised or executive produced movies including Ice Age (2002), its sequel Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Robots (2005), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), and Horton Hears a Who! (2008). After leaving, he founded Illumination Entertainment. By 2008, a deal was announced positioning Illumination as NBC Universal\u2019s family entertainment arm that would produce one to two films a year starting in 2010. As an independent production company, Illumination retains creative control and Universal exclusively distributes the films. During the summer 2011, Illumination acquired the animation department of the French animation and visual effects studio Mac Guff, which animated Despicable Me (2010) and The Lorax (2012), and formed Illumination Mac Guff. On April 28, 2016, NBCUniversal announced its intent to acquire competing studio DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion. Meledandri will oversee both studios following the completion of the merger."@en . . . . "Illumination Entertainment"@en . "Illumination Entertainment is an American film production company, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007."@en . . . . "Meledandri left his post as President of 20th Century Fox Animation in early 2007 where he supervised or executive produced movies including Ice Age (2002), its sequel Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Robots (2005), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), and Horton Hears a Who! (2008). After leaving, he founded Illumination Entertainment. By 2008, a deal was announced positioning Illumination as NBC Universal\u2019s family entertainment arm that would produce one to two films a year starting in 2010. As an independent production company, Illumination retains creative control and Universal exclusively distributes the films. During the summer 2011, Illumination acquired the animation department of the French animation and visual effects studio Mac Guff, which animated Despicable Me (2010) and The Lorax (20"@en . "2007"^^ . "Illumination Entertainment ist ein US-Amerikanisches Animationsfilmproduktionsstudio, welches 2007 von Chris Meledandri gegr\u00FCndet wurde. Das Studio geh\u00F6rt zu Universal Pictures, einer Tochtergesellschaftvon Comcast."@de . . . "Illumination Entertainment is an American film production company founded in 2007. In 2008, the company was completely owned by Universal Studios. The company is best known for the 2010 film Despicable Me and the 2013 sequel film Despicable Me 2."@en . . . . "Illumination Entertainment is an American film production company founded in 2007. In 2008, the company was completely owned by Universal Studios. The company is best known for the 2010 film Despicable Me and the 2013 sequel film Despicable Me 2."@en . . . "Illumination Mac Guff"@en . "300"^^ . "Illumination Entertainment is a Los Angeles-based CGI animation company which makes Despicable Me. It is fully owned by Universal Pictures."@en . . "Illumination Entertainment is a Los Angeles-based CGI animation company which makes Despicable Me. It is fully owned by Universal Pictures."@en . . . "35"^^ . "Logo"@en . . . . . . .