Nicolas "Nico" Marlet is a French-American animator and character designer employed by

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. 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

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shows such as '' TaleSpin'' and '' DuckTales''. He also worked on an unproduced animated version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''

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'' 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 * ''

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'' (character designer) - 1998 * '' The Road to El Dorado'' (character designer, supervising animator: "Armadillo") - 2000 * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (character designer) - 2010 * '' Kung Fu Panda 2'' (character designer) - 2011 * ''

Book of Dragons ''How to Train Your Dragon'' (abbreviated ''HTTYD'') is an American media franchise from DreamWorks Animation and loosely based on the eponymous series of children's books by British author Cressida Cowell. It consists of three feature films: '' ...

'' (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

* Living people French emigrants to the United States American animators Annie Award winners DreamWorks Animation people Year of birth missing (living people) {{animator-stub