Kris Pearn has spent most of his life making cartoons for both film and television. His credits include Open Season, Surf's Up, Arthur Christmas, and Shawn the Sheep to name a few. He was Head of Story on Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, and co-directed Cloudy Two: Rise of the Leftovers. He has most recently written and directed the Netflix animated feature THE WILLOUGHBYS based on the novel by Lois Lowry.