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Chris Renaud is an American illustrator and film-maker. He was nominated for an Academy Award for the 2006 animated short No Time for Nuts, which featured the character Scrat from the computer animated Ice Age films. Most recently, he directed Despicable Me, starring the voice of Steve Carell, which debuted #1 at the U.S. box office on July 9th, 2010. After graduating from Syracuse University with an illustration degree, Renaud began work as a graphic designer in the sports entertainment industry. He has created logo designs and mascot characters for NFL Properties, the NBA, and Foot Locker, among others. After working as a designer and illustrator for a variety of publications and agencies, Chris began drawing and writing comic books. Working for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics, his notable projects include illustrating Marvel's Starfleet Academy and pitching the original story concept that evolved into Batman: Cataclysm. This yearlong tale across all Batman-related comics resulted in increased sales and visibility for the renowned character. As the production designer on the Disney Channels’ The Book of Pooh, Renaud transitioned into the world of children’s television. Since that groundbreaking project, he has been able to design virtual sets and puppet characters for Bear in the Big Blue House, Lazy Town, Curious Pictures, Sony Animation, and many more. With the new show It's a Big Big World, currently airing on PBS, he took the lead role in the visual development and design of every aspect of this Emmy-nominated children’s program. Renaud worked for Blue Sky Studios as a story artist on such films as Robots, Ice Age: The Meltdown, and the Dr. Seuss classic Horton Hears A Who!. He also wrote and co-directed the animated short No Time for Nuts, which received an Annie Award and a 2007 Oscar nomination within the animated short films category. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2006. Renaud works for Illumination Entertainment and lives in Paris, France. He directed Despicable Me, starring Steve Carell, which was released in the U.S. on July 9, 2010.
One year after the events of the new film, named Covi, named named Zizt, and named Lovi find themselves in the House. Sweet the way, it will take Covi's Bed Room, Best Friends with help from some new friends to get back home. begins with Zizt asking his friends, named Cavi, named Siv and named Lavi, if they could get a Dog, Cavi regretfully tells Covi and Zizt they can't and that raising a pet is a big responsibility. Lavi tries to intervene by suggesting they could get him a goldfish instead but before he can finish Zizt cries out in sorrow, zizt runinng flies away. Lavi decides to cancel Covi's flight and instead take her, along with her Zizt is seen playing with his toys with Covi on the floor as Cavi and Siv reads a book on the couch. A knock is then heard at the door. Lovi opens up, but before he can speak, gets knocked into the room with extreme force, crashing into a wall. A small blue dog bursts its way into the room panting loudly. Zizt' face lights up and jumps up to hug his new friend. Cavi, Siv and Lavi looks at her friends angrily but Covi insists that every monster needs a good pet. Zizt named the mutt, Whyatt. Cavi, Siv and Lavi looks over at Whyatt to see that he has had an accident. Cavi, Siv and Lavi runs over in Screaming exclaiming "My living room!!"
