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Yvett Merino is a film producer who served as a main producer for the film Disney's Encanto. As producer, she won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, with Jared Bush, Byron Howard, and Clark Spencer.
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- Producer
- Composer
When Encantodirectors Byron Howard and Jared Bush pitched Castro Smith the concept of the film — about the one person in a Colombian family who doesn’t possess magical powers — the story immediately resonated with her on multiple levels. “Immediately my heart sort of exploded,” recalls Castro Smith. “I related so much to that feeling of being a you...
“I always call these animated films tiny little miracles,” says Merino, who produced Encantowith Clark Spencer. “At peak, we probably had close to 500 artists working [with a total of 800 crew]. And on top of that, we did not start production — not one frame of this film — until the summer of 2020, so we did it all from home over Zoom during the pa...
Franco first caught the music bug at age 10 when her parents bought her a drum kit. “I was just immersed in Latin music,” says the composer of growing up in El Paso, Texas, just across the border from the northern Mexican city Ciudad Juárez, where her family would make Sunday pilgrimages. “We would go to the market, to restaurants, to the plaza. Th...
Nov 17, 2021 · Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer are the producers of Encanto, a Disney animated film set in Colombia. They talk about the diversity, music, and magic of the Madrigal family and their adventure.
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Yvett Merino is known for Encanto (2021), Big Hero 6 (2014) and Zootopia (2016).
- Additional Crew, Production Manager, Producer
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Oct 13, 2022 · Yvett Merino, the first Latina to win the Oscar for Animated Feature, will deliver a keynote address at UC San Diego on Oct. 28 as part of Latinx Heritage Month. She shares her cultural background, her experience working on Encanto and her recommendations for other Latinx films.
Oct 15, 2023 · Yvett Merino is one of the producers of Once Upon A Studio, a 10-minute short that celebrates the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney Animation Studios. She shares her experience working on the film, the challenges of editing, and the pinch-me moments of meeting Richard Sherman.
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Jan 19, 2022 · Join a Zoom webinar with Yvett Merino and other Encanto creators on January 26, 2022. Learn how they drew inspiration from Colombia and its culture, music, and people to create the magical story of Mirabel and her family.
