Jared Stern

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Jared Stern
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • Film producer
  • Television writer
  • Television producer
  • Film director
Years active2011–present
Notable work

Jared Stern is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He collaborated with John Whittington on The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), and DC League of Super-Pets (2022), the latter of which he also directed.

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Career

Stern began his career by writing the screenplay for Mr. Popper's Penguins in 2011. [1] In 2012, he wrote for the comedy film The Watch . [2] The following year, he wrote the comedy film The Internship . [3] In 2014, Stern was hired to write The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019), but eventually moved on to writing the spinoffs The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie (both 2017). [4] In the same year, he wrote a script based on the Disney theme park attraction It's a Small World . [5] In 2015, he wrote and created the television series Dr. Ken . [6] In 2017, he produced the live action film It Happened in L.A. [7]

After writing screenplays, Stern directed his feature film debut, Happy Anniversary , a 2018 Netflix film. [8] [9] He also served as an executive producer on Storks (2016) and Smallfoot (2018). [10] In 2019, he created the animated series Green Eggs and Ham , based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. [11] In 2020, he signed on to produce the Warner Animation Group film Toto , [12] before he was replaced by Derek Frey in 2021. [13] He gained notability from directing the DC Comics film DC League of Super-Pets . [14] He teamed up with Robert Zemeckis to write the HBO Max streaming series Tooned Out. [15] In 2024, Stern was set to produce the animated adaptation of The Cat in the Hat (2026). [16]

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitle Director Writer Producer
2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins NoYesNo
2012 The Watch NoYesNo
2013 The Internship NoYesNo
2017 The Lego Batman Movie NoYesNo
2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie NoYesNo
2018 Happy Anniversary YesYesExecutive
2022 DC League of Super-Pets YesYesYes

Producer only

Creative consultant

Television

YearTitleCreatorWriterExecutive
Producer
2015–17 Dr. Ken YesYesYes
2019–2022 Green Eggs and Ham DeveloperYesYes

Accolades

For his work on Green Eggs and Ham, he was nominated at the 47th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Writing for an Animated Program". [17]

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