Illumination Founder Chris Meledandri Receives Lifetime Honor From Pharrell Williams At Annecy Film Festival

Williams presented the honor to Meledandri, who had been attending Annecy with filmmaker Benjamin Renner to unveil footage of Illumination’s new feature film, which hits theatres December 22 and stars Oscar nominee Kumail Nanjani and Elizabeth Banks. The pic was written by Emmy-winner Mike White.

Williams has been a frequent collaborator with Meledandri’s Illumination and earned his first Oscar nomination for his song Happy from the company’ssequel. Meledandri has a long history at Annecy, debuting several films at the Festival, includingIntroducing Meledandri on stage, Williams said: “To create with Chris, to see the world through his eyes, means that clouds don’t have to be white. And that there’s water to be found in the desert.

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