JEFFREY A. MERTZ
x.mertz.x@gmail.com
visual concept development
design: background / environment / prop
EXPERIENCE
20th Television Animation; Burbank, CA
background design
2013 - 2022 The Simpsons, Season 25 - 34
2021-2022 Solar Opposites, Season 3-4
2003 Free For All, Season 1
Starburns Industries; Burbank, CA
background design
2013 - 2014, 2021 Rick and Morty, Season 1-2, 5
Cartoon Network; Burbank, CA
background design - freelance
2019 Summer Camp Island, Season 2
2013 Steven Universe, Season 1
Rough Draft Studios; Glendale, CA
visual concept / background / prop design
2011 - 2012 Futurama, Season 7
2004 - 2010 Futurama, Season 5 - direct to dvd features.
Drawn Together, Season 1 - 3
Untitled Seth Green Project
1998 - 2002 Futurama, Season 1 - 4
Baby Blues, Season 1 - 2
Fox Television Animation; Los Angeles, CA
background design
2004 - 2011 Family Guy, Season 4, 6 - 8
The Cleveland Show, Season 3
American Dad, Season 2
Bordertown, pilot
Warner Bros. Animation / MTV; Sherman Oaks, CA
background design
2002 3-South, Season 1
Klasky-Csupo; Los Angeles, CA
background / prop design
1996 -1998 Rugrats; Seasons 4 - 7
Ronald McDonald Adventures; 3 direct to video features
MTV Animation; New York, NY
1996 color coordinator: Beavis and Butt-Head Do America; Feature Film
digital ink & paint: Beavis and Butt-Head Do America; Interstitials
production assistant: Beavis and Butt-Head; Season 7
Navarro College; Corsicana, TX
1995 Instructor, College of Art
EDUCATION
1994 Master of Fine Arts, Experimental Animation
California Institute of the Arts, School of Film/Video
Valencia, CA
1990 Bachelor of Environmental Design
Texas A & M University, College of Architecture
College Station, TX
FILMOGRAPHY
2015 Wipeout Boy!, animated series, work in progress.
co-creator, screenwriter, visual concept development.
1996 Commonplace, 8:25, 16 mm, live action/animation.
Apexart: Quick! Pull My Animated Finger; New York, NY, 2007.
1995 bury me, 6:25, 16 mm, animation.
Apexart: Quick! Pull My Animated Finger; New York, NY, 2007.
Hiroshima '96; Fine Art Animation; Hiroshima, Japan; 1996.
23rd Student Academy Awards; Regional Finalist, 1996.
Cal Arts Showcase '96, Experimental Animation; May 1996.
34th Ann Arbor Film Festival; Ann Arbor, MI; March 1996.
Cal Arts Library; film collection.
1993 4 + 4 = 1, 4:00, 16 mm, animation/dance live performance.
Cal Arts Library; film collection.
AFFILIATIONS
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Board Member, Animation Peer Group Executive Committee; 2005-2008.
x.mertz.x@gmail.com
visual concept development
design: background / environment / prop
EXPERIENCE
20th Television Animation; Burbank, CA
background design
2013 - 2022 The Simpsons, Season 25 - 34
2021-2022 Solar Opposites, Season 3-4
2003 Free For All, Season 1
Starburns Industries; Burbank, CA
background design
2013 - 2014, 2021 Rick and Morty, Season 1-2, 5
Cartoon Network; Burbank, CA
background design - freelance
2019 Summer Camp Island, Season 2
2013 Steven Universe, Season 1
Rough Draft Studios; Glendale, CA
visual concept / background / prop design
2011 - 2012 Futurama, Season 7
2004 - 2010 Futurama, Season 5 - direct to dvd features.
Drawn Together, Season 1 - 3
Untitled Seth Green Project
1998 - 2002 Futurama, Season 1 - 4
Baby Blues, Season 1 - 2
Fox Television Animation; Los Angeles, CA
background design
2004 - 2011 Family Guy, Season 4, 6 - 8
The Cleveland Show, Season 3
American Dad, Season 2
Bordertown, pilot
Warner Bros. Animation / MTV; Sherman Oaks, CA
background design
2002 3-South, Season 1
Klasky-Csupo; Los Angeles, CA
background / prop design
1996 -1998 Rugrats; Seasons 4 - 7
Ronald McDonald Adventures; 3 direct to video features
MTV Animation; New York, NY
1996 color coordinator: Beavis and Butt-Head Do America; Feature Film
digital ink & paint: Beavis and Butt-Head Do America; Interstitials
production assistant: Beavis and Butt-Head; Season 7
Navarro College; Corsicana, TX
1995 Instructor, College of Art
EDUCATION
1994 Master of Fine Arts, Experimental Animation
California Institute of the Arts, School of Film/Video
Valencia, CA
1990 Bachelor of Environmental Design
Texas A & M University, College of Architecture
College Station, TX
FILMOGRAPHY
2015 Wipeout Boy!, animated series, work in progress.
co-creator, screenwriter, visual concept development.
1996 Commonplace, 8:25, 16 mm, live action/animation.
Apexart: Quick! Pull My Animated Finger; New York, NY, 2007.
1995 bury me, 6:25, 16 mm, animation.
Apexart: Quick! Pull My Animated Finger; New York, NY, 2007.
Hiroshima '96; Fine Art Animation; Hiroshima, Japan; 1996.
23rd Student Academy Awards; Regional Finalist, 1996.
Cal Arts Showcase '96, Experimental Animation; May 1996.
34th Ann Arbor Film Festival; Ann Arbor, MI; March 1996.
Cal Arts Library; film collection.
1993 4 + 4 = 1, 4:00, 16 mm, animation/dance live performance.
Cal Arts Library; film collection.
AFFILIATIONS
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
Board Member, Animation Peer Group Executive Committee; 2005-2008.