Phil Lord | Rotten Tomatoes (2024)

Highest Rated: 97% Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Lowest Rated: 34% America: The Motion Picture (2021)

Birthday: Jul 12, 1975

Birthplace: Miami, Florida, USA

American writer, director and producer, Phil Lord makes up half of a film and television making duo with Christopher Miller whose works included the "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" movies, "21 Jump Street" (2011), and "The Lego Movie" (2013). This string of successes made them among the most commercially viable filmmakers of the early 2010s. Lord was born on July 12, 1975 in Miami, Florida. A 1997 graduate of Dartmouth College, Lord met Miller while the two were in college. Lord and Miller first broke into the entertainment industry when they landed a pair of recurring roles in the Lea Thompson sitcom "Caroline in the City" (NBC 1995-99). Meanwhile, Lord and Miller began their careers as writers on "Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane" (The WB, 1999-2000), a short-lived sitcom that starred Selma Blair and Michael Rosenbaum. Although Lord and Miller's early days were filled with short-lived roles and plenty of failures -- including a failed drawing test for the "The Rugrats Movie" -- the duo continued to work on their ideas, including an animated series about a high school populated by clones of famous historical figures that they pitched to several networks. Their first break occurred when Lord and Miller convinced MTV to turn their idea into a series. "Clone High" (MTV 2002-03) was the result, with Lord and Miller working on multiple fronts as writer, producer, director and voice actor on the animated series. Although "Clone High" only lasted one season, it proved to be a turning point in their careers. Although their next project, the culture-clash sitcom "Luis" (Fox 2003) was almost immediately cancelled after its debut, they jumped aboard a new sitcom called "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS 2005-2014). The show became a hit, with Lord and Miller credited as the writers of the episodes "Belly Full of Turkey" and "The Sweet Taste of Liberty" and co-executive producers on 17 episodes of the show's first season. Lord and Miller pounced on the opportunities that quickly sprouted. They made their feature film directorial debut with "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" (2009), a computer animated science fiction comedy based on a children's book about a scientist's weather machine gone horribly awry. Starring the voices of Bill Hader and Anna Faris, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" was a critical and commercial success. It was nominated for a couple of Annie Awards and a Best Animated feature nod at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. The duo followed "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" with "21 Jump Street" (2011), a feature film reboot of an old 1980s television series that starred Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, "21 Jump Street" was a surprise success. The duo returned to direct "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" (2013) and served as executive producers on former "Saturday Night Live" (NBC 1975- ) cast member Andy Samberg's police sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox 2013-). Lord and Miller had their next blockbuster success with "The Lego Movie" (2013), an animated feature with an all-star cast that included Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell and Elizabeth Banks. (The pair served as producers for the film's sequels, including "The Lego Batman Movie" (2017) and "The Lego Ninjago Movie" (2017), but didn't write or direct them.) After directing the sequel "22 Jump Street" (2014), Lord and Miller returned to TV as executive producers of "The Last Man on Earth" (Fox 2015- ), a quirky sitcom starring Will Forte and Kristen Schaal as the heads of a band of survivors of an unnamed apocalypse. The part-animated dysfunctional-family sitcom "Son of Zorn" (Fox 2016-17) and time travel comedy "Making History" (Fox 2017) followed, but both were canceled after a single season. In 2016, Lord and Miller were named as directors of a 2018 standalone film in the Star Wars Universe starring Alden Ehrenreich as a young Han Solo. Principal photography began in March 2017, but in June of that year, the pair were removed from the film following reported creative differences with producers and replaced by Ron Howard.

Highest rated movies

97% 94% Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Watchlist 97% 89% The Mitchells vs. the Machines Watchlist 96% 87% The LEGO Movie Watchlist 95% 94% Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Watchlist 90% 80% The LEGO Batman Movie Watchlist 85% 83% 21 Jump Street Watchlist 85% 72% Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Watchlist 84% 68% The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Watchlist 84% 77% 22 Jump Street Watchlist 83% 87% Brigsby Bear Watchlist

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Phil Lord CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS, director Phil Lord, director Chris Miller, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, on set, 2009. ©Sony Pictures View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Project Hail Mary Director,
Producer
- 2026
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Movie Executive Producer - 2026
No Score Yet No Score Yet Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Screenwriter,
Producer
- 2025
No Score Yet No Score Yet Los Frikis Producer - 2024
53% 69% Strays Producer $23.9M 2023
95% 94% Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Screenwriter,
Producer
$381.2M 2023
66% 71% Cocaine Bear Producer $64.4M 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Welcome Space Brothers Executive Producer - 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strays Producer - 2023
34% 43% America: The Motion Picture Producer - 2021
97% 89% The Mitchells vs. the Machines Producer - 2021
84% 68% The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part Screenwriter,
Producer
$105.8M 2019
97% 94% Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Screenwriter,
Producer
$190.2M 2018
76% 62% Smallfoot Executive Producer $83.2M 2018
69% 63% Solo: A Star Wars Story Executive Producer $213.8M 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Smallfoot Executive Producer - 2018
56% 46% The LEGO NINJAGO Movie Producer $59.3M 2017
83% 87% Brigsby Bear Producer $532.6K 2017
90% 80% The LEGO Batman Movie Producer $175.7M 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lego Ninjago Filmen Producer - 2017
65% 62% Storks Executive Producer $72.7M 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Master: A Lego Ninjago Short Executive Producer - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Storks Executive Producer - 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Storks Executive Producer - 2016
84% 77% 22 Jump Street Director,
Executive Producer
$191.7M 2014
96% 87% The LEGO Movie Director,
Screenwriter
$257.8M 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D Executive Producer $119.8M 2013
71% 66% Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 Executive Producer $119.8M 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 Executive Producer - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 3D Executive Producer - 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pincus Executive Producer - 2012
85% 83% 21 Jump Street Director $138.4M 2012
85% 72% Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Director,
Screenwriter
- 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 3D Director,
Screenwriter
- 2009
No Score Yet 69% Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Director,
Screenwriter
- 2009
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs Director,
Screenwriter
- 2009
No Score Yet 18% Extreme Movie Screenwriter - 2008

TV

Credit
100% 57% Clone High Principal Dr. Cinnamon J. Scudworth (Voice),
Creator,
Executive Producer,
Writer
2023-2024
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2024
92% 77% The Afterparty Creator,
Executive Producer,
Writer
2022-2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Unikitty Executive Producer 2017-2020 2022
82% 60% Bless the Harts Executive Producer 2019-2021
No Score Yet 81% LEGO Masters Guest 2020
85% 82% The Last Man on Earth Executive Producer 2015-2018
92% 70% Making History Executive Producer 2017
58% 67% Son of Zorn Executive Producer 2016-2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2014
95% 88% Brooklyn Nine-Nine Director 2013
84% 84% How I Met Your Mother Writer 2005
100% 84% Clone High Genghis Khan (Voice),
Creator
2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zoe ... Writer 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Caroline in the City Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
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