Minions was produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy and written by Brian Lynch.
Illumination Entertainment is an American animation film production company , founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007 . Minions (film) . Produced by Illumination Entertainment for Universal Pictures , it was directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda , written by Brian Lynch , and produced by Chris Meledandri and Janet Healy .