Januel Mercado

Januel Patricio Mercado born November 23 1984 is a FilipinoAmerican 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 codirectorial debut on Puss in Boots The Last Wish 2022 alongside Joel Crawford for which he was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA