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name: "Juan Jose Meza-Leon"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "5 May 1978"
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average_as: "director"
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updated: "2026-09-17T22:01:20.038400+00:00"
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# Juan Jose Meza-Leon

Director. Born 5 May 1978 in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 5 May 1978, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
- **Also known as:** Juan Meza-Leon, Juan Meza-León
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47512260, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1090137/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1345328

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Rick and Morty*](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md) (78)

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## Biography

Juan Jose Meza-Leon is a Mexican animation director and storyboard artist. Born on 5 May 1978 in Ensenada, Baja California, he is self-taught and began his career as a production assistant at Fox Baja Studios before working as a storyboard artist on live-action productions.

He moved to the United States to work in animation, contributing as a story artist on series for Warner Bros. Animation, Nickelodeon and others. At Nickelodeon he was promoted to director on *Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness* (2011) and *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2012). He has directed episodes of *Rick and Morty* (2013) across multiple seasons, *Harley Quinn* (2019) and *Final Space* (2018).

Other credits include directing the Rick and Morty couch gag for *The Simpsons* (2015), a music video for Run the Jewels, and the feature *Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires* (2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, animationmagazine.net.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rick and Morty* (2013), Fi1m 78, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *President Curtis* (2026), series, Director
- *Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires* (2025), Director, Story
- *Harley Quinn* (2019), series, Director
- *DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year* (2016), Storyboard Artist
- *Kung Fu Panda | Legends of Awesomeness: The Midnight Stranger Vol.4* (2014), Director
- *Rick and Morty* (2013), series, Director, Storyboard Artist — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/rick-and-morty.md)
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2012), series, Director
- *Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness* (2011), series, Director
- *Ultimate Avengers 2* (2006), Storyboard Artist

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