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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
       
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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.





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