Phil Lord

Philip Anderson Lord (born July 12, 1975) is an American filmmaker, working with his long-time friend Christopher Miller. They are the creators and co-stars of the adult animated sitcom Clone High (2002–2003, 2023–2024) and the writers and directors of the animated films Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) and The Lego Movie (2014), as well as the directors of the live-action comedy film 21 Jump Street (2012) and its sequel, 22 Jump Street (2014).

Lord and Miller are best known for the film series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, The Lego Movie and Spider-Verse, which won them the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and a nomination for the aforementioned award for producing the sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). They have also worked on the television series The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018) for Fox, Unikitty! (2017–2020) for Cartoon Network, and The Afterparty (2022–2023) for Apple TV+.