---
name: "Kendal Cronkhite"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kendal-cronkhite"
fi1m_id: "kendal-cronkhite"
imdb_id: "nm0188827"
tmdb_id: 1780681
wikidata_id: "Q6388848"
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T07:45:16.338225+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kendal Cronkhite

## Identity

Kendal Cronkhite

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kendal-cronkhite
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kendal-cronkhite
- **IMDb ID:** nm0188827
- **TMDB ID:** 1780681
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6388848
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendal_Cronkhite, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6388848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1780681

Production designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Active:** 1993–2016
- **Frequently works with:** [Ben Stiller](https://film.one/person/ben-stiller.md), [Chris Rock](https://film.one/person/chris-rock.md), [David Schwimmer](https://film.one/person/david-schwimmer.md), [Eric Darnell](https://film.one/person/eric-darnell.md), [Jada Pinkett Smith](https://film.one/person/jada-pinkett-smith.md), [Mireille Soria](https://film.one/person/mireille-soria.md), [Sacha Baron Cohen](https://film.one/person/sacha-baron-cohen.md), [Tom McGrath](https://film.one/person/tom-mcgrath.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 61 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Family 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,222m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendal_Cronkhite, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6388848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0188827/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1780681

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa*](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md) (62), [*Madagascar*](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md) (60)

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## Biography

Kendal Cronkhite is a production designer specialising in animated feature films. She has worked extensively at DreamWorks Animation, where she served as production designer on the Madagascar trilogy, comprising *Madagascar* (2005), *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008) and *Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted* (2012), as well as on *Trolls* (2016) and *Trolls World Tour* (2020).

Earlier in her career she worked as an art director on *Antz* (1998) and as assistant art director on *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993). She is an alumna of the Art Center College of Design and has received BAFTA Award nominations for her work.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, history.siggraph.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), Fi1m 62, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md)
- *Madagascar* (2005), Fi1m 60, Production design — [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md)
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Fi1m 82, Assistant Art Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Trolls World Tour* (2020), Production Design
- *Trolls* (2016), Production Design
- *Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted* (2012), Production Design
- *Merry Madagascar* (2009), Thanks
- *Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa* (2008), Production Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar-escape-2-africa.md)
- *Madagascar* (2005), Production Design — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md)
- *Antz* (1998), as Art Direction
- *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), as Art Direction
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Assistant Art Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)

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