Yarrow Cheney is an American director, artist, designer, author, illustrator and animator. He was a production designer in Despicable Me 2, The Lorax, and Despicable Me, for which he received Primetime Emmy and Annie Awards nominations. In 2016, Cheney co-directed Illumination Entertainment's The Secret Life of Pets with Chris Renaud, that received positive reviews and became the sixth highest grossing-film of 2016. In 2018, he directed The Grinch with Scott Mosier.