Jared Stern

Not to be confused with Jared Paul Stern.

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.

Jared Stern
Nationality	American
Occupations	Screenwriter Film producer Television writer Television producer Film director
Years active	2011–present
Notable work	The Lego Batman Movie The Lego Ninjago Movie Green Eggs and Ham DC League of Super-Pets

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

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)
• The Cat in the Hat (2026)

Creative consultant

• 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

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]