Chris McKay born November 11 1973 is an American film and television director producer editor animator and visual effects artist In television he is best known for directing and editing three seasons of Robot Chicken and two seasons of Moral Orel In film after writing and directing the independent romantic drama 2wks 1yr 2002 he went on to work as an animation codirector on The Lego Movie 2014 with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller then directed the spinoff feature The Lego Batman Movie 2017