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Personal info
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 11/23/1984 (age 41)
- Birthplace
- Stockton, California, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Also known as
- Januel P. Mercado, ジャニュエル・P・メルカド, Januel Patricio Mercado
Biography
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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