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Jorge Gutierrez
Jorge R. Gutiérrez
Emmy and Annie Award-winning Jorge R. Gutierrez is a Mexican animator, painter, voice actor, writer, and director.
A CalArts Experimental Animation BFA & MFA graduate, Gutierrez has completed various films, cartoons, and paintings exploring his love affair with Mexican pop and folk culture.
Emmy and Annie Award-winning Jorge R. Gutierrez is a Mexican animator, painter, voice actor, writer, and director.
A CalArts Experimental Animation BFA & MFA graduate, Gutierrez has completed various films, cartoons, and paintings exploring his love affair with Mexican pop and folk culture.
Gutierrez was Director & Co-Writer of the Guillermo del Toro produced animated feature "The Book of Life," which earned him a 2014 Golden Globe Award nomination. Along with his wife and muse, Sandra Equihua, they created the multiple Emmy Award-winning animated series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera for Nickelodeon. Gutierrez most recently created, wrote, and directed the event series Maya and the Three for Netflix which won 2 Annie Awards, and was nominated for 5 Daytime Emmys.
Gutierrez is currently developing and writing/directing a Netflix animated feature named "I, Chihuahua" with Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias.
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(Closkwise from top left) Monica Castillo, Jorge R. Gutierrez, Sandra Equiha, John Aoshima, Kristal Babich
Jorge R. Gutierrez gives a presentation during "It's Not Just a Cartoon 2019: A Celebration of Diversity in Animation" at the Television Academy on June 29, 2019, in Los Angeles.
Keynote speaker Jorge R. Gutierrez on stage at It's Not Just a Cartoon 2019: A Celebration of Diversity in Animation at the Television Academy on Saturday, June 29, 2019, in Los Angeles.
Emmy and Annie Award winning artist and director Jorge R. Gutierrez gives a presentation at It's Not Just a Cartoon 2019: A Celebration of Diversity in Animation at the Television Academy on Saturday, June 29, 2019, in Los Angeles.
Emmy and Annie Award winning artist and director Jorge R. Gutierrez gives a presentation at It's Not Just a Cartoon 2019: A Celebration of Diversity in Animation at the Television Academy on Saturday, June 29, 2019, in Los Angeles.
Keynote speaker Jorge R. Gutierrez with aspiring animators Katie Yee, Maggie Nhan, Nick Smolunski, and Diego Morales at It's Not Just a Cartoon 2019: A Celebration of Diversity in Animation at the Television Academy on Saturday, June 29, 2019, in Los Angeles.
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