Jared Stern is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He collaborated with John Whittington on The Lego Batman Movie (2017), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), and DC League of Super-Pets (2022), the latter of which he also directed.

Stern began his career by writing the screenplay for Mr. Popper's Penguins in 2011.^[1] In 2012, he wrote for the comedy film The Watch.^[2] The following year, he wrote the comedy film The Internship.^[3] In 2014, Stern was hired to write The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019), but eventually moved on to writing the spinoffs The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie (both 2017).^[4] In the same year, he wrote a script based on the Disney theme park attraction It's a Small World.^[5] In 2015, he wrote and created the television series Dr. Ken.^[6] In 2017, he produced the live action film It Happened in L.A.^[7]

After writing screenplays, Stern directed his feature film debut, Happy Anniversary, a 2018 Netflix film.^[8][9] He also served as an executive producer on Storks (2016) and Smallfoot (2018).^[10] In 2019, he created the animated series Green Eggs and Ham, based on the Dr. Seuss book of the same name.^[11] In 2020, he signed on to produce the Warner Animation Group film Toto,^[12] before he was replaced by Derek Frey in 2021.^[13] He gained notability from directing the DC Comics film DC League of Super-Pets.^[14] He teamed up with Robert Zemeckis to write the HBO Max streaming series Tooned Out.^[15] In 2024, Stern was set to produce the animated adaptation of The Cat in the Hat (2026).^[16]