Chris Appelhans

Animation Department, Writer, Director

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Chris Appelhans

Animation Department, Writer, Director

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Credits
24 titles

Films in Production (2 titles)	Budget	Status
Untitled KPop Demon Hunters Sequel (2029) Characters Characters See fewer		Announced
Wish Dragon 2 Writer, Executive Producer Writer, Executive Producer See fewer		Pre-Prod

Past Film & Video (15 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
KPop Demon Hunters (2025) Screenplay By, Director Screenplay By, Director See fewer	$100MM	$18MM	$24MM	$25MM
Wish Dragon (2021) Written By, Director Written By, Director See fewer				$21MM
Over the Moon (2020) Special Thanks To Special Thanks To See fewer
Wonder Park (2019) Story Artist Story Artist See fewer	$90MM	$16MM	$45MM	$120MM
On My Mind (2018) (Short) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer	$3K
The Angry Birds Movie (2016) Additional Artist Additional Artist See fewer	$73MM	$38MM	$108MM	$352MM
Eggplant (2015) (Short) - Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
Rise of the Guardians (2012) Character Designer, Additional Story Material (as Christopher Appelhans) Character Designer, Additional Story Material (as Christopher Appelhans) See fewer	$145MM	$24MM	$103MM	$307MM
Puss in Boots (2011) Visual Development Artist Visual Development Artist See fewer	$130MM	$34MM	$149MM	$555MM
Twixt (2011) Storyboard Artist Storyboard Artist See fewer	$7MM	$2K	$2K	$650K
The Princess and the Frog (2009) Visual Development Artist Visual Development Artist See fewer	$105MM	$786K	$104MM	$267MM
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Environment Designer Environment Designer See fewer	$40MM	$266K	$21MM	$58MM
Coraline (2009) Illustrator (as Christopher Appelhans) Illustrator (as Christopher Appelhans) See fewer	$60MM	$17MM	$117MM	$188MM
City of Ember (2008) Concept Artist Concept Artist See fewer	$55MM	$3.1MM	$7.9MM	$18MM
Monster House (2006) Character Designer, Concept Designer Character Designer, Concept Designer See fewer	$75MM	$22MM	$74MM	$142MM

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Self (4 titles)
83rd Golden Globe Awards (2026) (TV Special) - Self - Recipient Self - Recipient See fewer
Still Watching Netflix (2025) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2025) Self (1 episode, 2025) See fewer KPop Demon Hunters: Behind the Lore, Songs & K-Culture (Jul 10, 2025) Self Self See fewer
LCJ Q&A Podcast (2021–2025) (Podcast Series) - Self - Guest (2 episodes, 2021) Self - Guest (2 episodes, 2021) See fewer "KPop Demon Hunters" Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans (Jun 18, 2025) Season 19, Episode 15 - Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer Chris Appelhans (Jun 7, 2021) Season 11, Episode 13 - Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer
Inside Monster House (2006) (Video) - Self - conceptual artist Self - conceptual artist See fewer

Other (3 titles)
KPop Demon Hunters: Golden (2025) (Music Video) - Director Director See fewer
KPop Demon Hunters: How It's Done (2025) (Music Video) - Director Director See fewer
Card Soldier Wars (2008) (Video Game) - Artist Artist See fewer

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