Chris Appelhans is an American illustrator, production designer, and film director born in

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...

. His independent artistic work appears in galleries around the United States. He is known for illustrating two children's books, ''A Greyhound, A Groundhog'' and ''Sparky''. He won the Children's Choice Book Award in 2015. He is also the writer and director of the 2021 film ''

Wish Dragon ''Wish Dragon'' is a 2021 computer-animated fantasy comedy film written and directed by Chris Appelhans (in his feature directorial debut) and produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Tencent Pictures. The film stars Jimmy Wong, John Cho, Constance ...

''. In 2012, he married author Maurene Goo, with whom he resides in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

. Their son was born in 2020.

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https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2282774/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American children's book illustrators Film directors from Idaho

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