Januel Mercado

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Directing

Januel Patricio Mercado (born November 23, 1984) is a Filipino-American feature animation director, storyboard artist, and writer. A San Jose State University graduate, he has been with DreamWorks Animation since 2008. He started as a story artist on Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) and contributed to Turbo (2013), Penguins of Madagascar (2014), and Trolls (2016). Mercado made his co-directorial debut on Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) alongside Joel Crawford, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA.

Filmography

• Forgotten Island (2026)
• Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
• The Trident (2023)
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
• Dear Diary: World's First Pranks (2021)
• The Croods: A New Age (2020)
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
• The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
• Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)