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 – 1990TaleSpin – Plunder & Lightning – 1990We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story – 1993Balto – 1995The Prince of Egypt – 1998The [Road to El Dorado] – 2000Monsters, Inc. – 2001Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas – 2003Madagascar – 2005Over the Hedge – 2006Bee Movie – 2007French Roast – 2008Kung Fu Panda – 2008Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five – 2008How to Train Your Dragon – 2010Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special – 2010Kung Fu Panda 2 – 2011Book of Dragons – 2011Dragons: Riders of Berk – We Are a Family Part II – 2013How to Train Your Dragon 2 – 2014Mune: Guardian of the Moon – 2014Kung Fu Panda 3 – 2016How to Train Your Dragon: [The Hidden World] – 2019Abominable – 2019