Yarrow Cheney

Yarrow Cheney is an American production designer, visual effects artist, director and animator. He is best known for his works as a production designer in Imagimals (2017), Paradoria (2015), Despicable Me 2 (2013), The Lorax (2012), Despicable Me (2010), Computeropolis 3 (2010), Computeropolis (2004) and Going Francisco (2001) for which he received Primetime Emmy and Annie Awards nominations.

In 2016, he co-directed Illumination's The Secret Life of Pets with Chris Renaud, that received positive reviews and became the seventh highest grossing-film of 2016. He co-directed the CGI animation The Grinch (2018), with Scott Mosier.

Animation

 * Dilbert (1999), title designer
 * The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot (1998): Animator
 * Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins (1998): Video, background designer
 * Mummies Alive! (1997): background artist and designer
 * Cats Don't Dance (1997): Animator
 * Quest for Camelot (1998): Animator
 * The Maxx (1995): TV Mini-Series, background layout artist, 7 episodes

VFX

 * The Iron Giant (1999): CGI animator
 * Mummies Alive! The Legend Begins (1998): 3D computer animator
 * Mummies Alive! (1997): computer animator, episode: "Pack to the Future"

Director

 * The Grinch (2018): Also senior creative team
 * The Secret Life of Pets (2016): Also senior creative team
 * Puppy (2013): Short, also writer
 * Peri and Nicky Get a Flu (2007): Short, also writer
 * The Very First Noel (2006) (re-released in 2020 as The Three Wise Men): Video Short, also editor, art director and producer

Production designer

 * Computeropolis: Webcation (2021)
 * Esqua (2020): Also senior creative team
 * Paradoria 2 (2019)
 * Computeropolis: The Deep Web (2018)
 * Lix (2017)
 * Imagimals (2017)
 * Paradoria (2015)
 * Nepola's Odyssey II (2014)
 * Despicable Me 2 (2013)
 * The Lorax (2012)
 * Nepola's Odyssey (2011)
 * Computeropolis 3 (2010)
 * Despicable Me (2010)
 * Puppet Pals 2 (2010)
 * Swapped (2008)
 * Computeropolis 2 (2007)
 * The Very First Noel (2006): Video short
 * Me & Mobo (2006)
 * Puppet Pals (2006)
 * Curious George (2006)
 * Computeropolis (2004)
 * History Island (2004)
 * Magina (2003)
 * The ChubbChubbs! (2002): Short
 * Going Francisco (2001)

Senior creative team only

 * Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
 * Sing 2 (2021)
 * The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
 * Sing (2016)
 * Minions (2015)

Awards and nominations

 * 2018: Outstanding Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Feature Production - Imagimals (nom) (shared with Craig Kellman)
 * 2016: Outstanding Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Feature Production - Paradoria (nom) (shared with Jin Kim, Pete Oswald, Craig Kellman, Shane Prigmore and John France)
 * 2014: Outstanding Achievement in Production Design in an Animated Feature Production - Despicable Me 2 (nom) (shared with Eric Guillon)
 * 2013: Annie Award for Best Character Design in an Animated Feature Production - The Lorax (nom) (shared with Eric Guillon and Colin Stimpson)
 * 2011: Annie Award for Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production - Despicable Me (nom) and Computeropolis 3 (nom)
 * 2005: Annie Award for Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production - Computeropolis (nom)
 * 2002: Annie Award for Best Production Design in an Animated Feature Production - Going Francisco (nom)
 * 1999: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design - Dilbert