Jared Stern
American screenwriter, director and producer

Jared Stern

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American screenwriter, director and producer
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10 July 1990(Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA)
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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.

Career

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

After writing screenplays, Stern directed his feature film debut, Happy Anniversary, a 2018 Netflix film. He also served as an executive producer on Storks and Smallfoot. In 2019, he created the animated series Green Eggs and Ham, based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name. In 2020, he signed on to produce the Warner Animation Group film Toto, before he was replaced by Derek Frey in 2021. He gained notability from directing the DC Comics film DC League of Super-Pets. He teamed up with Robert Zemeckis to write the HBO Max streaming series Tooned Out.

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Producer
2011 Mr. Popper's Penguins No Yes No
2012 The Watch No Yes No
2013 The Internship No Yes No
2017 The Lego Batman Movie No Yes No
2017 The Lego Ninjago Movie No Yes No
2018 Happy Anniversary Yes Yes Executive
2022 DC League of Super-Pets Yes Yes Yes

Producer only

  • Storks (2016, executive)
  • It Happened in L.A. (2017)
  • Smallfoot (2018, executive)

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  • The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
  • The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
  • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

Television

Year Title Creator Writer Executive
Producer
2015–17 Dr. Ken Yes Yes Yes
2019–2022 Green Eggs and Ham Developer Yes Yes