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.
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Januel Mercado is a Filipino-American feature animation director, writer, and storyboard artist associated with DreamWorks Animation since 2008.
He is best known for making his co-directorial debut on the Academy Award-nominated feature Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and working on various DreamWorks projects.
He is primarily associated with DreamWorks Animation, where he started as a story artist before moving into directing.
