Nico Marlet

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

References

1 2 3 4 Vincenot, Pierre (2011-12-26). "Nicolas Marlet, le frenchy d'Hollywood" [Nicolas Marlet, the Frenchy of Hollywood]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Retrieved 2026-08-31.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Nicolas Marlet, le papa toulousain de "Dragons 2"" [Nicolas Marlet, the Toulouse father of "Dragons 2"]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2026-08-31.

External links

Nico Marlet at IMDb

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[FdH-1] 1 2 3 4 Vincenot, Pierre (2011-12-26). "Nicolas Marlet, le frenchy d'Hollywood" [Nicolas Marlet, the Frenchy of Hollywood]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Retrieved 2026-08-31.

[PTD2-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Nicolas Marlet, le papa toulousain de "Dragons 2"" [Nicolas Marlet, the Toulouse father of "Dragons 2"]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 2014-07-02. Retrieved 2026-08-31.