Jared Stern

Jared Stern is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He collaborated with John Whittington on The Lego Batman Movie, 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 2011. 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 (2019), but eventually moved on to writing the spinoffs The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie (both 2017). 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 (2016) and Smallfoot (2018). 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. In 2024, Stern was set to produce an animated adaptation of The Cat in the Hat. In 2026, it was announced that Stern would co-direct an animated follow up to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory titled Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory for Netflix.

Filmography Feature films

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

Creative consultant The Lego Batman Movie (2017) The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017) The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) The Cat in the Hat (2026)

Television

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".