American film producer

Christopher DeFaria (born May 20, 1959) is an American film producer. He served as president of animation and innovative technology at Warner Bros. Pictures for four years. In January 2017, he joined DreamWorks Animation in the newly-created position of president of the DreamWorks Feature Animation Group. As president, DeFaria oversaw all aspects of DWA's feature animation business, including slate strategy, development, production; innovation and technology; and business affairs prior to his departure in early 2019.

He is a graduate of UCLA, a member of the AMPAS and WGA and a founding member of FilmAid International. He serves on the board of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Filmography
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early life

DeFaria was born on May 20, 1959 at San Francisco, California, United States. DeFaria began his Hollywood career in 1969 as a voice actor playing the part of Peppermint Patty in Peanuts TV specials from the same year until 1973.

Career

DeFaria produced the film Tom & Jerry.

Prior to establishing Keylight, Chris served as President of DreamWorks Animation where he led the studio’s creative development and technological advancement. Before that he was president of Digital Production and Innovative Technology at Warner Bros. where he founded Warner Animation Group, the studio’s animation division, developed VFX strategies for films like Harry Potter and the Matrix and oversaw initiatives in AI and VR.:

Filmography

Executive producer

• Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
• Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)
• Sucker Punch (2011)
• Happy Feet Two (2011)
• Gravity (2013)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
• Ready Player One (2018)
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) (Production executive)

Special thanks

• One Small Hero (1999)
• Trolls World Tour (2020)
• The Croods: A New Age (2020)

References

External links

• Christopher DeFaria at IMDb

DC Comics

• Batman: The Animated Series
• Superman: The Animated Series
• The New Batman Adventures
• Batman Beyond
• Static Shock
• The Zeta Project
• Justice League
• Teen *ans
• Justice League Unlimited
• The Batman
• Krypto the Superdog
• Legion of Super Heroes
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold
• Mad
• Young Justice
• Green Lantern: The Animated Series
• DC Nation Shorts
• Teen *ans Go!
• Beware the Batman
• Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles
• Vixen
• Justice League Action
• Freedom Fighters: The Ray
• Constantine: City of Demons
• DC Super Hero Girls
  • TV series
• Harley Quinn
• Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons
• Aquaman: King of Atlantis
• Batwheels
• Batman: Caped Crusader
• My Adventures with Superman

Animaniacs

• Animaniacs (1993 series)
  • characters
  • episodes
• Freakazoid!
• Pinky and the Brain
  • episodes
• Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain
• Animaniacs (2020 series)

Scooby-Doo (media)

• What's New, Scooby-Doo?
• Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
• Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
• "Scoobynatural" (Supernatural episode)
• Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
• Scoob! (2020)

Tom and Jerry

• Tom and Jerry Tales
• The Tom and Jerry Show
• Tom and Jerry Special Shorts
• Tom & Jerry (2021)
• Tom and Jerry in New York
• Tom and Jerry Time

Osmosis Jones

• Osmosis Jones (2001)
• Ozzy & Drix

The Lego Movie

• The Lego Movie (2014)
• The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
• The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
• Unikitty!
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

Hanna-Barbera

• Wacky Races
• Jellystone!
• Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs

ThunderCats

• ThunderCats (2011 TV series)
• ThunderCats Roar

2020sShort films

• The Duxorcist (1987)
• The Night of the Living Duck (1988)
• Box-Office Bunny (1990)
• Chariots of Fur (1994)
• Carrotblanca (1995)
• Another Froggy Evening (1995)
• Superior Duck (1996)
• Pullet Surprise (1997)
• Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1997)
• From Hare to Eternity (1997)
• Father of the Bird (1997)
• Little Go Beep (2000)
• Chase Me (2003)
• The Karate Guard (2005)
• DC Showcase: The Spectre (2010)
• DC Showcase: Jonah Hex (2010)
• Coyote Falls (2010)
• Fur of Flying (2010)
• DC Showcase: Green Arrow (2010)
• Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010)
• Rabid Rider (2010)
• DC Showcase: Catwoman (2011)
• I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat (2011)
• Daffy's Rhapsody (2012)
• The Master (2016)
• The Late Batsby (2018)

• Category

See also

• List of Warner Animation Group awards and nominations (feature films)
• List of Warner Bros. theatrical animated feature films
• Warner Bros. Animation
• Turner Feature Animation
• Warner Bros. Feature Animation
• Teen *ans Go! To the Movies (2018)
• The Lego Movie (franchise)

Franchises

• Shrek
  • Puss in Boots
• The Prince of Egypt
• Spirit
• Madagascar
• Kung Fu Panda
• Megamind
• Monsters vs. Aliens
• Mr. Peabody & Sherman
  • Rocky & Bullwinkle
• Home
• How to Train Your Dragon
• The Croods
• Turbo
• Trolls
• Tales of Arcadia
• The Boss Baby
• Captain Underpants
  • Dog Man
• Abominable
• The Bad Guys

Television
specials

• Shrek the Halls (2007)
• Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009)
• Merry Madagascar (2009)
• Scared Shrekless (2010)
• Kung Fu Panda Holiday (2010)
• Madly Madagascar (2013)
• Trolls Holiday (2017)
• How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019)
• Trolls: Holiday in Harmony (2021)

Short
films

• Shrek 4-D (2003)
• Far Far Away Idol (2004)
• The Madagascar Penguins in a Christmas Caper (2005)
• First Flight (2006)
• Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (2006)
• Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)
• B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009)
• Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon (2010)
• Megamind: The Button of Doom (2011)
• Night of the Living Carrots (2011)
• Gift of the Night Fury (2011)
• Book of Dragons (2011)
• Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters (2011)
• Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos (2012)
• Rocky and Bullwinkle (2014)
• Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014)
• Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2016)
• Panda Paws (2016)
• DreamWorks Theatre (2018)
• Bird Karma (2018)
• Bilby (2018)
• Marooned (2019)
• To: Gerald (2020)
• Precious Templeton: A Pony Tale (2021)

People

• Bill Damaschke
• Chris Meledandri
• Jeffrey Katzenberg

Divisions

• DreamWorks Animation Television
• DreamWorks Channel
• DreamWorks Cl*ics
  • Big Idea Entertainment
  • Harvey Entertainment
  • Bullwinkle Studios (50%)

Related
topics

• Amblimation
• DreamWorks Pictures
  • films
  • DreamWorks Records
  • DreamWorks Television
  • DreamWorks Interactive
  • Go Fish Pictures
• DreamWorks Water Park
• Illumination
  • Illumination Mac Guff
• In amu*t parks
  • DreamWorks Experience
• Pacific Data Images
• Pearl Studio
• Universal Animation Studios
• List of DreamWorks Animation productions
  • unproduced projects
• List of Universal Pictures theatrical animated feature films
  • unproduced projects