Director Manager

JON MCCLENAHAN

Animation, storyboards, producer, director, consultant, instructor

E-mail ***@**********.***

S UMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Three Emmy Awards, extensive track-record in the TV animation

industry, former owner/director of the largest traditional 2D

animation studio in the Midwest (USA); and production experience

in the U.S. and overseas, with a particular passion for revitalization of

the US animation industry. Emphasis on cutting-edge craftsmanship,

fun storytelling, outstanding entertainment value, and efficient

project management. A strong resource for animation directing,

supervising, storyboarding, slugging, timing, posing, animating,

character design, consultation, and teaching.

Strengths:

Recognizable strong, fun artistic style featuring broad

expression, clear story-telling, and an emphasis on character;

Understanding of the interedependence of the various

disciplines of animation production;

Experience with the logistical challenges of overseas

production in traditional 2D, Flash, and/or CGI;

Insight into the crucial interrelationship of business and

creative functions;

Effective confidence-building demeanor with staff and

artists.

JON MCCLENAHAN resume, p. 2

E XPERIENCE

March 2008 present Mack Hammer Productions Homewood, IL

Founder, President, Producer, Director, Instructor, Animator

Continuing the tradition in top-quality animation production services for clients such

as Warner Bros, American Dental Association, Tom Ruegger Productions, and Funny

Az Hell Animation. Also teaching at leading local Chicago colleges: Illinois Institute

of Art, Columbia College, and Flashpoint Academy.

March 2006 March 2008 Star Farm Productions Chicago, IL

Animation Director/Creative Producer

Supervising a team of in-house artists for ongoing property development including creative

recommendations to executive board. Also supervising animation production of Star

Farm s first TV series, Edgar & Ellen, including script consultation, voice recording,

character & BG design, storyboard, timing, animation, and post-production.

March 2004 March 2006 M idway Amusement Games Chicago, IL

Cinematics Manager

Primarily administrative supervising of 3D production of full motion videos : the non-

interactive portions of platform games (Playstation 2/Xbox, transitioning to next gen

technology for Playstation3/Xbox 360), with worldwide distribution. expertise in motion

analysis, story-telling techniques, and artist wrangling.

March 2002 January 2004 MoonToons GmbH Munich, Germany

Animation Director

Subcontracting directorial services to Munich Animation GmbH for the inter-national

feature film, The Jester Till ( Till Eulenspiegel ), released in October, 2003. Director in

charge of animation as well as coordinating 2D and CGI production within the studio and

its 26 (yes, 26!) European subcontractors.

1988 2001 StarToons International LLC Homewood, IL & Hyderabad, India

Founder, President, Producer, Director, Instructor, Animator

StarToons success as a North American animation production house in the late 20th century

was remarkable and the subject of much internet discussion. In the face of harrowing

competition from Pacific Rim studios, StarToons built an esteemed international reputation

within the (primarily) West Coast industry, and during this time I personally earned three

Emmy awards as well as four nominations as a director for Warner Bros series. As a TV-

series production house, StarToons was the only studio in the US in the previous 20 years to

be able to cope with the heavy demands of TV budget-and-deadline constraints. We were

proud to have helped establish the first and best world-class animation studio in India

Heart Animation Studio in Hyderabad, founded in 1997, at which point StarToons

provided the necessary expertise, curriculum, and supervision to make them a viable

international production resource.

1980-1987 Hanna-Barbera Australia Sydney, NSW, Australia

Director (1985-87), Supervisor (1984-85), Animator (1981-84), Assistant (1981), Fix-up

Artist (1980-81), Inbetweener (1980).

My education in animation production came on the job, starting with the basics (as an

inbetweener), mechanics (as a fix-up artist), and eventually overall good film-making

techniques (as animator, supervisor, and director).

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JON MCCLENAHAN resume, p. 3

E DUCATION

1975-1976 American Academy of Art Chicago, IL

Art fundamentals.

Life drawing.

1973 1974 Chicago State University Chicago, IL

Major in Chemistry.

Scholarship in Journalism.

AWARDS

1990, 1992, 1998 U.S. International Film & Video Festival, Gold

Camera Award, Animated Short Subject: Dudley the Dinosaur

(various public service announcements)

1993 National Association of Television Arts & Sciences ( Emmy

Award), Children s Animated Series Participating Director:

Tiny Toon Adventures

1993 Houston Film Festival, Silver Medal, Animated Short: Fat

Cats: Drip Dry Drips

1994 National Association of Television Arts & Sciences ( Emmy

Award), Children s Animated Series Participating Director:

Animaniacs

1997 National Association of Television Arts & Sciences ( Emmy

Award), Children s Animated Series Director: Animaniacs

COMPUTER SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

USAnimation (extensive), MS Word/Excel/Outlook, Adobe Photoshop CS

(proficient), ToonBoom Animate Pro, MS Project, Autodesk Maya 6.0

(limited).

StarToons was one of the first studios ever to buy the USAnimation

(now ToonBoom) digital ink & paint system in 1994, and was

instrumental in the Disney Corporation s subsequent corporatewide

embrace of that software.

PERSONAL REFERENCES

Chris Spike Brandt, director, Warner Bros Animation

Tom Ruegger, executive producer, Ruegger Productions

Phone numbers upon request.

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JON MCCLENAHAN resume, p. 4

T V/FILM: DIRECTOR/STORYBOARD CREDITS

2009 Tom & Jerry & Sherlock Holmes (WB) Storyboard artist, selected sequences,

full-length direct-to-DVD

2008-09 Dennis & Gnasher (Funny Az Hell, Australia) Storyboard Artist, selected

episodes

Mother s Day, Horsey Havoc

2006-08 Edgar & Ellen (Star Farm Productions) Creative Producer, all half-hour specials

& series

Half-hour specials (NickToons): Accept No Substitutes, Trick or Twins, Nod s O-

Lympians, Crushed, Nobody s Fools, Frog Days of Summer .

First season, 26 episodes (NickToons)

2002-03 Till Eulenspiegel! (Munich Animation, Germany) Animation director,

full-length feature film

1999-2000 Little Dogs on the Prairie! (Tommy Nelson) Director, direct-to-video

Pride, Prejudice, and Fudge, Lyin, Cheatin, and a Hot Lollipop, A Lotta Love and a

Little Off the Top .

1997-98 Histeria! (WB) Director, selected half hour episodes

The Wild West, Around the World in a Daze, Writers of the Purple Prose, Dawn of

Time .

1996-97 Pinky and the Brain (WB/Fox) Storyboard artist, selected half hour episodes

Brain s Apprentice, Brainania

1992-98 Animaniacs (WB/Fox) Director, Storyboard artist, selected cartoons

The Big Candy Store, Plane Pals, Slappy Goes Walnuts, Guardin the Garden,

Bumbie s Mom, Broadcast Nuisance, Wally Llama, Wakko s America, Chairman

of the Bored, Meet Minerva, What Are We?, Meatballs or Consequences, And Justice

for Slappy, Critical Condition, Meet John Brain, Frontier Slappy, Windsor Hassle,

Ragamuffins, Karaoke-Dokie, Scare-Happy Slappy, The Big Wrap Party Tonight

(SB & ex-sheets only), One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock (SB & ex-sheets only), Dot

the Macademia Nut, It, Bully for Skippy, Punchline, There s Only One of You,

Magic Time .

1992 Taz-Mania (WB/Fox) Director, selected half hour episodes

Series Opening Title Sequence, Taz and the Pteradactyl / Instant Replay, Mumz N

Taz / Hypno Taz d .

1990-92 Tiny Toon Adventures (WB/Fox) Director, selected half hour episodes

Henny Youngman Day, It s a Wonderful Tiny Toons Christmas, Thirteensomething .

1985-87 Teen Wolf (H-B Australia) Director, all half hour episodes

One-and-a-half seasons (CBS, 18 episodes).

1985-87 The Berenstain Bears (H-B Australia) Director, all half hour episodes

Two seasons (CBS, 26 episodes).

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