---
name: "Joel Crawford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joel-crawford"
fi1m_id: "joel-crawford"
imdb_id: "nm3150455"
tmdb_id: 1450348
wikidata_id: "Q47483950"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "9 March 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T15:39:16.821701+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joel Crawford

## Identity

Joel Crawford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joel-crawford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joel-crawford
- **IMDb ID:** nm3150455
- **TMDB ID:** 1450348
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47483950
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Crawford_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47483950, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3150455/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1450348

Director. Born 9 March 1975 in Long Beach, , California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 9 March 1975, Long Beach, , California, USA
- **Active:** 2019–present
- **Also known as:** 조엘 크로포드, ジョエル・クローフォード
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Mark Swift](https://film.one/person/mark-swift-2008016.md), [Paul Fisher](https://film.one/person/paul-fisher.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 63 (1), 2020s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Crawford_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47483950, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3150455/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1450348

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Croods: A New Age*](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joel Crawford is an American film director, storyboard artist and screenwriter. He has worked at DreamWorks Animation since 2006, initially as a story artist on films including *Bee Movie* (2007), the *Kung Fu Panda* trilogy, *Shrek Forever After* (2010) and *Rise of the Guardians* (2012). He later served as head of story on *Trolls* (2016).

Crawford made his feature directorial debut with *The Croods: A New Age* (2020). He directed *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature, and co-directed and co-wrote *Forgotten Island* (2026) with Januel P. Mercado. He also directed the television special *Trolls Holiday* (2017). In 2023 he received an honorary degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Croods: A New Age* (2020), Fi1m 70, as Guy's Father (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md)

### Crew (1)

- *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019), Fi1m 63, Additional Storyboarding — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Forgotten Island* (2026), Writer, Director — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/forgotten-island.md)
- *Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie* (2025), Thanks
- *Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken* (2023), Thanks
- *The Trident* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022), as Band Member / Baker's Dozen Gang Member (voice) · Director
- *Dear Diary: World's First Pranks* (2021), Story
- *The Croods: A New Age* (2020), as Guy's Father (voice) · Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-croods-a-new-age.md)
- *Trolls World Tour* (2020), Thanks
- *The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part* (2019), Additional Storyboarding — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lego-movie-2-the-second-part.md)
- *Trolls Holiday* (2017), Director
- *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water* (2015), Storyboard Artist
- *Rise of the Guardians* (2012), Story Artist
- *Kung Fu Panda 2* (2011), Story Artist

## Gallery

- ![Joel Crawford at MultiCon 2026 in Los Angeles, California](https://film.one/media/person/94901/gallery-e7edaffd8296.jpg) Joel Crawford at MultiCon 2026 in Los Angeles, California — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Joel_Crawford_at_MultiCon_2026-1.jpg/1280px-Joel_Crawford_at_MultiCon_2026-1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joel Crawford](https://film.one/media/person/94901/gallery-b7bc3ac215e3.jpg) Joel Crawford — Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Joel_Crawford_at_MultiCon_2026-2.jpg/1280px-Joel_Crawford_at_MultiCon_2026-2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joel Crawford](https://film.one/media/person/94901/gallery-4301472971ce.jpg) Joel Crawford — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2023: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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