Christopher Matthew Miller\u00a0(born January 20, 1968) is an American animator, director, and voice actor employed by\u00a0Paramount Animation\u00a0and formerly\u00a0DreamWorks Animation. He is best known for directing\u00a0Shrek the Third\u00a0and\u00a0Puss in Boots\u00a0(for which he received his first Academy Award nomination) and for voicing The Magic Mirror from the\u00a0Shrek\u00a0film series and\u00a0Kowalski the Penguin\u00a0in the\u00a0Madagascar\u00a0film series.<\/p>\n
Miller was born on January 20, 1968, in\u00a0Washington, D.C. He studied animation at the\u00a0California Institute of Arts.<\/p>\n
In an interview with\u00a0Robert K. Elder\u00a0for\u00a0The Film That Changed My Life, Miller attributes his success in film to\u00a0Sleeper. “I would be penniless and drunk on the corner, begging for cash, if I had not seen the film\u00a0Sleeper. I guarantee you.”<\/p>\n
In 2011, Miller directed\u00a0Puss in Boots, a spin-off and sequel to the\u00a0Shrek\u00a0franchise. His wife, Laura Gorenstein Miller, worked as a dance choreographer.<\/p>\n
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Christopher Matthew Miller\u00a0(born January 20, 1968) is an American animator, director, and voice actor employed by\u00a0Paramount Animation\u00a0and formerly\u00a0DreamWorks Animation. He is best known for directing\u00a0Shrek the Third\u00a0and\u00a0Puss in Boots\u00a0(for which he received his first Academy Award nomination) and for voicing The Magic Mirror from the\u00a0Shrek\u00a0film series and\u00a0Kowalski the Penguin\u00a0in the\u00a0Madagascar\u00a0film series. Miller was born on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-8010","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n