Yarrow Cheney (born 1973) is an American production designer, visual effects artist, director, animator, and children's book illustrator. He is best known for his works as a production designer in Despicable Me 2 (2013), The Lorax (2012) and Despicable Me (2010) 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. He directed The Grinch (2018), with Scott Mosier.