# Januel Mercado

*American film director and screenwriter*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/januel-mercado

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Movie Director ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Directors
- **Born:** 1984-11-23
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 3.7 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 1.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 25.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 69.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/janimatedultd/ (@janimatedultd)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/januel.mercado.9 (@januel.mercado.9)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2591093/ (@nm2591093)

## Sources
- [Januel Mercado](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138787958)
- [Januel Mercado](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3012833)

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