Early life

He studied animation at the California Institute of Arts.

Career

Miller joined DreamWorks Animation in 1998 as a storyboard artist for the studio's first animated comedy, Antz. Miller, again working as a story artist for Shrek, also wrote additional dialogue and provided the voice of the Magic Mirror and Geppetto characters for the film. He then served as head of story for Shrek 2. Mr. Miller went on to co-direct Shrek the Third along with Raman Hui, writing the screenplay for the film, and providing the voice of the puppet master and the mascot. He also provided the voice for Kowalski in Madagascar (and its video game), The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Merry Madagascar and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted.

Miller has worked on a wide array of features, commercials, videos and internet projects, including a short for Steven Spielberg entitled "Steven's Dream". His commercial work includes spots for Coca-Cola, Canon, The Comedy Channel and Fila, for which he won a Clio Award for best animated commercial.

In an interview with Robert K. Elder for The Film That Changed My Life, Miller attributes his success in film to Sleeper. "I would be penniless and drunk on the corner, begging for cash, if I had not seen the film Sleeper. I guarantee you."

Miller is also a longtime collaborator with the Helios Dance Theater, for which he has created sets, films and projections on numerous occasions. His wife Laura Gorenstein Miller, is the founder and director of that same company. Chris and Laura also collaborated on Puss in Boots, for which Laura worked as a dance choreographer.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	The Thing What Lurked in the Tub	Lugmeyer
	Lea Press on Limbs		Director
1989	The Cellar	Willy Cashen
1992	Cool World		Key clean-up artist
1997	Officer Buckle and Gloria		Storyboard artist
1998	Antz		Story artist
2001	Shrek	Geppetto/Magic Mirror	Story artist/additional dialogue
2003	Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas	Tower Guard	Additional story artist
2004	Shrek 2	Humphries/Magic Mirror	Head of story/additional dialogue
2005	Madagascar	Kowalski	Story artist
2007	Shrek the Third	Puppet Master/Announcer/Mascot/Singing Villain	Director/screenplay
2008	Igor		Special thanks
	Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa	Kowalski
2009	Monsters vs. Aliens	Advisor Cole/Army Commander Jones	Additional story artist
2010	Shrek Forever After	Royal Messenger/Magic Mirror/Geppetto
2011	Puss in Boots	Little Boy Blue/Friar Miller/Prison Guard/Manual/Rafael	Director
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Kowalski
2013	Turbo	Tour Bus Driver
2014	Penguins of Madagascar	Kowalski
2016	The Angry Birds Movie	Construction Pig
2018	Puss in Boots 2: Nine Lives & 40 Thieves		Director

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Shrek the Halls		Dialogue director
2009, 2013	Merry Madagascar	Kowalski
2013	Phineas and Ferb	Additional Voices

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