Nico Marlet

Nicolas "Nico" Marlet is a French-American animator and character designer employed by DreamWorks Animation. He is best known for his character design work on films in the Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon franchises, as well as Disney television shows such as TaleSpin and DuckTales. He also worked on an unproduced animated version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats at DreamWorks' predecessor studio, Amblimation. His work has appeared in several "art of" books, including The Art of Kung Fu Panda, The Art of How to Train Your Dragon, The Art of Bee Movie, and his own limited edition sketchbook containing some of his personal works.

Animation credits

DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (animator) – 1990
TaleSpin – Plunder & Lightning (animator) – 1990
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (animator) – 1993
Balto (character designer, supervising animator: "Muk and Luk") – 1995
The Prince of Egypt (character designer) – 1998
The Road to El Dorado (character designer, supervising animator: "Armadillo") – 2000
Monsters, Inc. (visual development) – 2001
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (character designer) – 2003
Madagascar (additional character designer) – 2005
Over the Hedge (character designer) – 2006
Bee Movie (character designer) – 2007
French Roast (character designer) – 2008
Kung Fu Panda (character designer) – 2008
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five (character designer) – 2008
How to Train Your Dragon (character designer) – 2010
Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special (character designer) – 2010
Kung Fu Panda 2 (character designer) – 2011
Book of Dragons (character designer) – 2011
Dragons: Riders of Berk (character designer for 1 episode) – We Are a Family Part II – 2013
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (character designer) – 2014
Mune: Guardian of the Moon (character designer & production designer) – 2014
Kung Fu Panda 3 (character designer) – 2016
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (character designer) – 2019
Abominable (character designer) – 2019

References

Character Design Notes Blog: Nico Marlet November 4, 2010.
'Panda' designer breaks it down: How Nicolas Marlet mastered art of 'Kung Fu' May 28, 2008.

External links

Nico Marlet at IMDb

DreamWorks Animation

A subsidiary of NBCUniversal, a Comcast company

Feature
films

Theatrical	Antz (1998) ^PD The Prince of Egypt (1998) The Road to El Dorado (2000) Chicken Run (2000) ^AA Shrek (2001) ^PD Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) Shrek 2 (2004) ^PD Shark Tale (2004) Madagascar (2005) ^PD Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) ^AA Over the Hedge (2006) Flushed Away (2006) ^AA Shrek the Third (2007) ^PD Bee Movie (2007) Kung Fu Panda (2008) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) ^PD Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) How to Train Your Dragon (2010) Shrek Forever After (2010) Megamind (2010) ^PD Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) Puss in Boots (2011) Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) ^PD Rise of the Guardians (2012) The Croods (2013) Turbo (2013) Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) ^PD How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014) Penguins of Madagascar (2014) ^PD Home (2015) Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) ^PS Trolls (2016) The Boss Baby (2017) Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) Abominable (2019) ^PS Trolls World Tour (2020) The Croods: A New Age (2020) Spirit Untamed (2021) The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) The Bad Guys (2022) Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023) Trolls Band Together (2023) Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
Direct-to-video	Joseph: King of Dreams (2000)
Direct-to-digital	Orion and the Dark (2024)
Upcoming	The Wild Robot (2024) Dog Man (2025) The Bad Guys 2 (2025)