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Phil Lord

Filmmaker, The Lego Movie and Spider-Verse

u/PhilLord ↗Personal account

Phil Lord and Chris Miller answered their joint AMAs from this account

We retrieved 3 posts and 91 comments from u/PhilLord, dated 2015 to 2026, most often in r/IAmA, r/ProjectHailMary and r/boneidentification.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “We are Phil Lord and Chris Miller! Everything (especially THE LAST MAN ON EARTH) is awesome! Ask us anything!”

How did you two meet?

u/PhilLord replied

Chris lit my girlfriend's hair on fire in college. Ended one relationship and started another

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/ProjectHailMary

On “Phil Lord & Chris Miller here! We directed the PROJECT HAIL MARY movie - Ask Us Anything on Nov. 18th at 12pm PT / 3pm ET!”

I love the 2nd trailer! What's your dream PHM popcorn bucket look like?

u/PhilLord replied

well... a Rocky bucket where you have to get the popcorn out from the bottom was... rejected.

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A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “We are Phil Lord and Chris Miller! Everything (especially THE LAST MAN ON EARTH) is awesome! Ask us anything!”

(1) Most filmmakers don't flip between animated projects and live-action projects the way you've been able to. What has doing animation taught you about doing live-action, and vice-versa? (2) I loved "Cloudy" (I am 32 years old, incidentally) — such a funny, smart, rich take…

u/PhilLord replied

our take on cloudy was originally a lot sillier and less emotional. Amy Pascal taught us how to make it a lot more moving, and as a result it got a lot funnier.

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Cut ideaThe ideas that didn't make itr/IAmA · 9 points as of Nov 2026Full thread ↗