Philip Lord (born 12 July 1975) and Christopher Miller (born 23 September 1975) are an American filmmaking duo. After a meeting at
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...
, they are known for creating the adult animated sitcom ''
Clone High
''Clone High'' (occasionally referred to in the United States as ''Clone High USA'') is an adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence. The show centers on a high school populated by the clo ...
'' (2002–2003), directing and writing the animated films ''
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' is a children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. It was first published in 1978 by Atheneum Books, followed by a 1982 trade paperback edition from sister company Aladdin Paperb ...
'' (2009) and ''
The Lego Movie
''The Lego Movie'' is a 2014 computer-animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord, Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, its story focu ...
'' (2014), as well as directing the live-action comedy film ''
21 Jump Street
''21 Jump Street'' is an American police procedural television series that aired on the Fox network and in first run syndication from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-loo ...
'' (2012) and its sequel, ''
22 Jump Street
''22 Jump Street'' is a 2014 American satirical buddy cop action comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, written by Jonah Hill, Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel and Rodney Rothman and produced by and starring Hill and Channing Tatum. ...
'' (2014). Lord and Miller also won the
Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
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as producers of ''
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' (2018), which was co-written by Lord, and co-produced the television series ''
The Last Man on Earth'' (2015–2018) for
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
and ''
Unikitty!
''Unikitty!'' (stylized as ''UniKitty!'') is an American animated television series developed by Ed Skudder and Lynn Wang for Cartoon Network and produced by The Lego Group and Warner Bros. Animation. The series stars the character of the sam ...
'' (2017–2020) for
Cartoon Network
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.
Early life
According to ''
The New York Times
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'', Lord is from
Miami
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; his mother is a
Cuban
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-born psychologist, and his father retired from the aviation business and before that directed a dance company, Fusion, for 10 years. Miller is from the
Seattle
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area, where his father runs a lumber mill.
Lord and Miller both grew up making short films with an affinity for animation. Both attended
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...
, and had separate comics in the school newspaper, ''
The Dartmouth
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''. Lord was a member of
Amarna
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, a co-ed undergraduate society while Miller was a brother at
Alpha Chi Alpha
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. During his time in college, Christopher met his girlfriend, now wife.
During their time at Dartmouth, the school paper published a profile on Miller, which caught the attention of then chairman of
Disney
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,
Michael Eisner
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. According to Lord, Eisner brought the profile to the attention of his fellow Disney executives who then offered to set up a meeting with Miller. Miller agreed to the meeting as long as he could bring Lord. After three months, the two moved to Los Angeles and after one meeting were offered a two-year development deal at
Walt Disney Television Animation
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.
Career
2000s
Though nothing they pitched made it to air, they produced the pilot to ''
Clone High
''Clone High'' (occasionally referred to in the United States as ''Clone High USA'') is an adult animated science fiction sitcom created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence. The show centers on a high school populated by the clo ...
'', which was subsequently dropped by
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
. After they wrote and produced on a series of sitcoms, MTV informed the duo that they were interested in purchasing a 13-episode season of ''Clone High''. Although the show was met with acclaim, MTV canceled the series after hunger strike protests occurred in India over the show's portrayal of Gandhi as a motor-mouthed partier.
In 2003, the two were tapped to write a screenplay for what would become their first feature film, ''
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' is a children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. It was first published in 1978 by Atheneum Books, followed by a 1982 trade paperback edition from sister company Aladdin Paperb ...
''. After a year working on the script, they were fired for story issues and replaced with new writers, who after a year were also fired. Lord and Miller were then re-hired in 2006. The two completely redid the script, this time with the creative input of their crew. The new draft had the protagonist as a failed inventor who wanted to prove himself to his town. The two were almost fired again after
Amy Pascal
Amy Beth Pascal (born March 25, 1958) is an American film producer and business executive. She served as the Chairperson of the Motion Pictures Group of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony P ...
, the head of
Sony Pictures
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at the time, criticized the film for a lack of story. Although the film succeeded on the comedic front in the animatic stage, Pascal cited the lack of an anchoring relationship in the film as a failure in the story telling. Unable to create new characters and environments to suit the new story demands, the two elevated the character of the tackle shop extra to be the protagonist's father, thereby creating the relationship Pascal had requested. The pair's experience on ''Cloudy'' taught them two valuable lessons: the power of creative collaboration and the importance of emotion in a story.
''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' was released in 2009 to positive reviews.
2010s
After ''Cloudy'' was released, the two sought to try to make something different and pitched themselves as possible directors for the ''
21 Jump Street
''21 Jump Street'' is an American police procedural television series that aired on the Fox network and in first run syndication from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focuses on a squad of youthful-loo ...
'' script that
Michael Bacall
Michael Bacall (born Michael Stephen Buccellato;: "Le petit Michael Bucellato qui a choisi le pseudo de Michael Bacall..." April 19, 1973) is an American screenwriter and actor, known for having co-written the films ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ...
and
Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill Feldstein (born December 20, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is known for his comedic roles in films including ''Superbad (film), Superbad'' (2007), ''Knocked Up'' (2007), ''21 Jump Street (film), 21 Jump Stre ...
had written. The studio agreed and the two directed their first live-action R-rated film, released to critical and popular acclaim, which led to the production of a sequel titled ''
22 Jump Street
''22 Jump Street'' is a 2014 American satirical buddy cop action comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, written by Jonah Hill, Michael Bacall, Oren Uziel and Rodney Rothman and produced by and starring Hill and Channing Tatum. ...
''.
In an interview with
Robert K. Elder
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for his book ''
The Best Film You've Never Seen
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'', Lord stated that "in an animated feature, you remake the movie three or four times, and it's really easy to get bummed out that the way you did it before didn't get greenlit, didn't get paid, and you're making a totally different version of that movie."
During the production of ''21 Jump Street'', they pitched a take on a possible Lego film to
Dan Lin
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. Lin and
Warner Bros.
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loved the take, so Lord and Miller wrote and eventually directed their third feature film together, ''
The Lego Movie
''The Lego Movie'' is a 2014 computer-animated adventure comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from a story by Lord, Miller, and Dan and Kevin Hageman. Based on the Lego line of construction toys, its story focu ...
''. The duo were picked by Warner Bros. to write the script for the upcoming superhero film ''
The Flash
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''. The duo were also picked by
Sony Pictures Animation
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in 2015 to create an animated
Spider-Man
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film, with the option to direct. The film was eventually made as ''
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'' (2018), which the duo produced and which Lord co-wrote.
The duo have recently developed a live-action/animated series, ''
Son of Zorn
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Social issues
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'', for
Fox
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Twelve sp ...
, with
Jason Sudeikis
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voicing the lead role of animated character Zorn, and Johnny Pemberton and
Cheryl Hines
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playing the live-action roles. They are also producing a cable-TV drama based on the popular
NPR
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/''
This American Life
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'' spinoff podcast ''
Serial''.
Also, they produced an R-rated animated
Netflix original
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film called ''America: The Motion Picture'' alongside Will Allegra,
Matt Thompson,
Adam Reed
Adam Brooks Reed (born January 8, 1970) is an American voice actor, animator, screenwriter, television producer and television director. Reed created, writes, and voice acts the FX adult animated comedy series ''Archer'', which premiered in Sep ...
,
Channing Tatum
Channing Matthew Tatum (born April 26, 1980) is an American actor. Tatum made his film debut in the drama ''Coach Carter'' (2005), and had his breakthrough role in the 2006 dance film ''Step Up (film), Step Up''. He gained wider attention for ...
, Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan from a screenplay by
David Callaham
David Elias Callaham (born October 24, 1977) is an American screenwriter and producer.
Life
Callaham was born in Fresno, California on October 24, 1977 to Lee Hsu and Michael Callaham. He has a brother, Gregory. He is of Chinese descent through ...
and directed by Thompson.
In January 2017, Lord and Miller began directing the then-untitled film ''
Solo: A Star Wars Story'', a standalone ''
Star Wars
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'' movie based on the
Han Solo
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character. On June 20, 2017 it was reported that they had been fired from the project by
Lucasfilm
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, after over four-and-a-half months of filming, about three-quarters through principal photography. Lucasfilm announced that "creative differences" were the reason, with ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' reporting that Lord and Miller were going off-script and trying to make the film into more of a comedy. They were unwilling to compromise with Lucasfilm and writer
Lawrence Kasdan
Lawrence Edward Kasdan (born January 14, 1949) is an American filmmaker. He is the co-writer of the ''Star Wars'' films ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (1980), ''Return of the Jedi'' (1983), ''The Force Awakens'' (2015), and ''Solo: A Star Wars Stor ...
on the direction of the film, preferring their vision. Two days later,
Ron Howard
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was announced as the replacement, to complete the film and reshoots.
Lord and Miller received executive-producer credits on ''Solo: A Star Wars Story''.
In November 2017, Lord and Miller commented on their departure from ''Solo: A Star Wars Story''. Lord stated "The experience of shooting the movie was wonderful. We had the most incredible cast and crew and collaborators.
..We're really proud of the work we did on the movie and we wish everybody the best." Miller added "As Phil said, we had such a great relationship with cast and crew, we were really rooting for them. After we took a much-needed vacation, we got back into it and now we're writing and producing a
sequel
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to ''The Lego Movie'' and producing a
Miles Morales
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animated Spider-Man."
2020s-present
Lord and Miller also produced ''
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
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'' for Sony Pictures Animation.
In June 2020, it was reported that Lord and Miller would be developing an eight-episode television series titled ''
The Afterparty'' for
Apple TV+
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. The series is a murder mystery comedy set at a high school reunion where each episode features a retelling of the same night told through a different character's POV. Miller created and directed the series himself, while serving as an executive producer alongside Lord. The series premiered on January 28, 2022, to critical acclaim.
On November 1, 2019, it was announced that Lord and Miller would be returning as producers and writers for ''
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'', which is set to be released on June 2, 2023.
In December 2021, Lord and Miller revealed that ''Across the Spider-Verse'' was being split into two parts after they had written down the story they wanted to tell for the sequel and realized that it was too much for a single film. Work on both parts was taking place simultaneously, with Part Two, since renamed to ''Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'', set to be released on March 29, 2024.
On July 2, 2020, it was announced that
MTV Studios was developing a reboot of ''Clone High'', and that original series creators, Lord, Miller, and
Bill Lawrence would be involved with the project. In February 2021, the series was given a two season order by
HBO Max
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.
Future projects
In September 2017, Lord and Miller were announced as co-directors of the film adaptation of the 2017 novel
''Artemis''.
However, due to the
Disney-Fox merger and producer
Simon Kinberg
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ending his deal with the company, the fate of the project is unknown.
On May 15, 2020, ''
Variety
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'' reported that Lord and Miller are attached to direct a film adaptation of
Andy Weir
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's next novel ''Project Hail Mary'' for
MGM
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, with
Ryan Gosling
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attached to star in the leading role and
Amy Pascal
Amy Beth Pascal (born March 25, 1958) is an American film producer and business executive. She served as the Chairperson of the Motion Pictures Group of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony P ...
producing. This would be their first directorial venture together since their departure from ''Solo'', and they hope to start production by this year.
In May 2021, it was announced that Lord and Miller would produce and direct an adaptation of the book ''The Premonition: A Pandemic Story,'' which chronicles the early days of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
They also made a five-year deal with
Sony Pictures Television
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to develop animated Marvel series, including a possible ''Into the Spider-Verse'' series, as well as a first-look deal with
Universal Pictures
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.
In an interview with
/Film
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during promotion of ''The Afterparty'', Lord & Miller expressed interest in making a biopic of
Hall & Oates
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.
Other projects
Lord co-wrote the comic ''Spider-Man Annual #1'', marking his first involvement on a comic book; he and Miller also co-wrote a Marvel comic celebrating the company's 80th anniversary, marking Miller's first time writing a comic book.
In September 2020, it was announced that a live-action television series based on the character
Silk
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was in development, with both Lord and Miller serving as executive producers alongside Amy Pascal.
Filmography
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Acting credits
Accolades
See also
*
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's unrealized projects
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