Illumination (company)
American animation film production company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Illumination (formerly known as Illumination Entertainment) is an American movie and animation studio. It is founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007 and is owned by Universal Pictures,[4][5][6] a division of NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal is a division of Comcast. The Minions are Illumination's mascots.
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Formerly | Illumination Entertainment |
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Company type | Division |
Industry | Animation Motion pictures |
Founded | 2007; 17 years ago (2007) |
Founder | Chris Meledandri |
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Chris Meledandri (CEO)[1] Peter Schube (COO)[2] |
Products | Animated films |
Owner | NBCUniversal (Comcast) |
Number of employees | 100 (2016)[3] |
Parent | Universal Pictures |
Subsidiaries | Illumination Mac Guff |
Website | Official website |
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