Cinco Paul grew up in Phoenix, Arizona dreaming of becoming a famous pop musician. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale University, abandoned his dreams of pop stardom, got an M.F.A. in screenwriting from USC and became a screenwriter instead. Life’s funny that way. With Ken Daurio he has written the movies DESPICABLE ME, DESPICABLE ME 2, DESPICABLE ME 3, DR. SEUSS’ HORTON HEARS A WHO, DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, THE SANTA CLAUSE 2, and BUBBLE BOY. He also wrote the lyrics for the six songs in THE LORAX, and is the recipient of the ASCAP Sammy Cahn Award for lyric writing and the Harold Arlen Award for the score of BUBBLE BOY THE MUSICAL, the original cast recording of which was recently released on Sh-K-Boom Records.