Nicolas "Nico" Marlet (born 1969, Figeac) is a French-American animator and character designer employed by DreamWorks Animation. He has won four Annie Awards.
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
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