Jared Stern is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He collaborated with John Whittington on ''

The Lego Batman Movie ''The Lego Batman Movie'' is a 2017 computer-animated superhero comedy film produced by Warner Animation Group, DC Entertainment, RatPac Entertainment, Lego System A/S, Dan Lin's Lin Pictures, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's Lord Miller Pro ...

'' (2017) and ''

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'' (2017).

Career

Stern began his career by writing the screenplay for ''

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/ref> In 2012, he wrote for the comedy film '' The Watch''. The following year, he wrote the comedy film ''

The Internship ''The Internship'' is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, written by Vince Vaughn and Jared Stern, and produced by Vaughn and Levy. The film stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as recently laid-off salesmen who attempt to compet ...

''.The Lego Movie Hires The Internship Writer Jared Stern for Sequel
/ref> In 2014, Stern was hired to write '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part'', but eventually moved on to writing the spinoffs ''

'' and ''

''. In the same year, he wrote a script based on the

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attraction ''

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''. In 2015, he wrote and created the television series ''

Dr. Ken ''Dr. Ken'' is an American multi-camera sitcom that aired on ABC from October 2, 2015, to March 31, 2017. The series was created, written, and co-executive produced by its lead actor, Ken Jeong, who based the concept on his experience as a physic ...

''. 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

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film. He also served as an executive producer on ''

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'' and ''

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''.Super Pets Movie Jared Stern
/ref> In 2019, he created the animated series ''

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'', based on the

Dr. Seuss Theodor Seuss Geisel (;"Seuss"
'' book of the same name. In 2020, he signed on to produce the

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film '' Toto''. He gained notability from directing the

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film ''

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''. He teamed up with

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to write the

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streaming series ''

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''.

Filmography

Feature films

Producer only * ''

'' (2016, executive) * '' It Happened in L.A.'' (2017) * ''

'' (2018, executive) Creative consultant * ''

'' (2017) * ''

'' (2017) * '' The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part'' (2019)

Television

References

External links

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