---
name: "Yvett Merino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yvett-merino"
fi1m_id: "yvett-merino"
imdb_id: "nm2486917"
tmdb_id: 1999218
wikidata_id: "Q27915880"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "11 February 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-21T04:26:43.142297+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."
---

# Yvett Merino

## Identity

Yvett Merino

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yvett-merino
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yvett-merino
- **IMDb ID:** nm2486917
- **TMDB ID:** 1999218
- **Wikidata ID:** Q27915880
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvett_Merino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27915880, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2486917/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1999218

Producer. Born 11 February 1970 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 11 February 1970, USA
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** Yvett Merino Flores
- **Frequently works with:** [Jared Bush](https://film.one/person/jared-bush.md), [Byron Howard](https://film.one/person/byron-howard.md), [Dana Ledoux Miller](https://film.one/person/dana-ledoux-miller.md), [Jason Hand](https://film.one/person/jason-hand.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (2), 2020s 68 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 72 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 5, Family 5, Adventure 4, Comedy 4, Fantasy 2, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,472m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvett_Merino, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27915880, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2486917/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1999218

## Coming up

- *Hexed* (2026-11-25), Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/hexed.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Encanto*](https://film.one/film/encanto.md) (80), [*Zootopia 2*](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md) (70), [*Moana 2*](https://film.one/film/moana-2.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Yvett Merino, also credited as Yvett Merino Flores, is an American film producer at Walt Disney Animation Studios. She began her career there in the 1990s in the technology department and later held roles including production supervisor on *Tangled* (2010) and production manager on *Big Hero 6* (2014) and *Moana* (2016).

Merino served as a producer on *Encanto* (2021), for which she shared the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. She has since produced the short *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), *Moana 2* (2024) and *Zootopia 2* (2025).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, lumiere-a.akamaihd.net.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Zootopia 2* (2025), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md)
- *Moana 2* (2024), Fi1m 55, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2.md)
- *Encanto* (2021), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/encanto.md)
- *Moana* (2016), Fi1m 82, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/moana.md)
- *Tangled* (2010), Fi1m 75, Production Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/tangled.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Hexed* (2026), Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/hexed.md)
- *Zootopia 2* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md)
- *Moana 2* (2024), Producer — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/moana-2.md)
- *Once Upon a Studio* (2023), Producer
- *Encanto* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/encanto.md)
- *Moana* (2016), Production Manager — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/moana.md)
- *Tangled* (2010), Production Manager — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/tangled.md)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 2026: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Zootopia 2*
- 2022: Best Animated Feature (won), for *Encanto*

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

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