Chris Miller is an American film director, storyboard artist, and voice actor best known for his work with DreamWorks Animation. Following a stint working with
Ralph Bakshi on his film
Cool World (1992), he would begin his career at DreamWorks as a storyboard artist on films
Antz (1998) and
Shrek (2001) before being promoted to head of story on
Shrek 2 (2004). This led to him becoming the director of two subsequent entries in the franchise, those being
Shrek the Third (2007) and
Puss in Boots (2011). Miller is also known for his role as Kowalski in the Madagascar film series (except for
The Penguins of Madagascar (2008), where he was voiced by
Jeff Bennett instead), and has voiced numerous characters in other DreamWorks movies.