Mike Mitchell (born October 18, 1970) is an American film director, writer, producer, actor and animator. A former worker for DreamWorks, he also voiced Invisible Man in B.O.B.'s Big Break and Butter Pants in Shrek Forever After. He later left the company as an employee and formed his own production company Mike Mitchell Productions where he executive produced projects from Film & TV that includes The Barbarian & The Troll, & the company’s first feature project Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken.
He directed the films Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Surviving Christmas, Sky High, Shrek Forever After, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Trolls, and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Filmography[]
- Antz (1998): additional storyboard artist
- Shrek 2 (2004): additional storyboard artist
- Shrek the Third (2007): additional storyboard artist
- Kung Fu Panda (2008): story and creative consultant
- Monsters vs. Aliens (2009): story artist and voice of Advisor Wedgie
- B.O.B.'s Big Break (2009): voice of Invisible Man
- Shrek Forever After (2010): director and voice of Butter Pants, Tour Guide, Camp Ogre, Ogre Naysayer, Baba Witch, Melty Witch and Witch Guard #2
- Megamind (2010): special thanks and voice of Father In Crowd
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011): special thanks
- Puss in Boots (2011): voice of Andy Beanstalk
- Penguins of Madagascar (2014): voice of Antarctic Penguin
- Home (2015): special thanks
- Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016): executive producer and voices of Male Palace Goose and Smart Panda Villager
- Trolls (2016): director and voices of Darius, Vinny The Phone, and Captain Starfunkle
- The Boss Baby (2017): special thanks
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017): special thanks
- Trolls Holiday (2017): executive producer and voice of Chad
- Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (2018): based on characters created by (6 episodes)
- Abominable (2019): special thanks
- Trolls World Tour (2020): special thanks
- Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023): executive producer: Mike Mitchell Productions
- Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024): director