Connect with the artists behind-the-scenes, and get insight into the making of some of today’s greatest animation features, shorts, and series.
In this entertaining and enthusiastic presentation, Jorge R. Gutiérrez and Sandra Equihua walk us through the inspiration and designs behind the epic Maya and The Three streaming globally on Netflix.
Image courtesy © 2021 Netflix. All Rights Reserved.
SPEAKERS
Jorge R. Gutiérrez
Creator, Director, Executive Producer // Netflix
(Maya & the Three, Son of Jaguar, The Book of Life, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
Jorge Gutiérrez is a Mexican animator, painter, voice actor, writer, and director. Born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, Gutiérrez has completed various films, cartoons, illustrations, and paintings exploring his love with Mexican pop and folk culture. He was the director and co-writer of the Guillermo del Toro-produced animated feature, The Book of Life, for Fox which earned him a 2014 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. He was also the writer and director of the Emmy-nominated, Son of Jaguar, VR short for Google. Along with his wife and muse, Sandra Equihua, they created the multiple Emmy Award-winning animated television series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera for Nickelodeon. Gutierrez is currently writing and directing his animated limited series Maya & the Three for Netflix.
Sandra Equihua
Character Designer // Netflix
(Maya & the Three, The Book of Life, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
Emmy award-winning Sandra Equihua is a Tijuana-born artist, designer and voice actress based in the city of Los Angeles. Sandra received her BFA in Graphic Design at IBERO University in Tijuana, Mexico and shortly after branched to character design for animated series and films. She has had the pleasure of working on different projects at Sony, WB, Disney and Nick Jr. In 2007 at Nickelodeon, with her husband Jorge Gutiérrez, she created and designed the multiple Emmy award-winning animated series, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera. In 2014, she and her husband once again collaborated to make the animated feature The Book of Life, produced by Guillermo del Toro for 20th Century Fox. She most recently designed and voiced characters for the new limited series Maya & the Three at Netflix.
MODERATOR
Keith Blackmore
Sr. Lecturer // Vancouver Film School
As an animation historian, Keith Blackmore has been a passionate cheerleader and a voice for all-things animated in the Vancouver area for almost 30 years. As one of the producers of the SPARK ANIMATION Festival and an active member of the local SIGGRAPH chapter, Keith has presented, interviewed and moderated at many festivals, local and national.
Since 1995, Blackmore has educated, entertained and inspired students in the history of animation and media studies at the Vancouver Film School. When he’s not reading, teaching or talking about animation, he’s watching it.
Connect with the artists behind-the-scenes, and get insight into the making of some of today’s greatest animation features, shorts, and series.
In this entertaining and enthusiastic presentation, Jorge R. Gutiérrez and Sandra Equihua walk us through the inspiration and designs behind the epic Maya and The Three streaming globally on Netflix.
Image courtesy © 2021 Netflix. All Rights Reserved.
SPEAKERS
Jorge R. Gutiérrez
Creator, Director, Executive Producer // Netflix
(Maya & the Three, Son of Jaguar, The Book of Life, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
Jorge Gutiérrez is a Mexican animator, painter, voice actor, writer, and director. Born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, Gutiérrez has completed various films, cartoons, illustrations, and paintings exploring his love with Mexican pop and folk culture. He was the director and co-writer of the Guillermo del Toro-produced animated feature, The Book of Life, for Fox which earned him a 2014 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. He was also the writer and director of the Emmy-nominated, Son of Jaguar, VR short for Google. Along with his wife and muse, Sandra Equihua, they created the multiple Emmy Award-winning animated television series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera for Nickelodeon. Gutierrez is currently writing and directing his animated limited series Maya & the Three for Netflix.
Sandra Equihua
Character Designer // Netflix
(Maya & the Three, The Book of Life, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
Emmy award-winning Sandra Equihua is a Tijuana-born artist, designer and voice actress based in the city of Los Angeles. Sandra received her BFA in Graphic Design at IBERO University in Tijuana, Mexico and shortly after branched to character design for animated series and films. She has had the pleasure of working on different projects at Sony, WB, Disney and Nick Jr. In 2007 at Nickelodeon, with her husband Jorge Gutiérrez, she created and designed the multiple Emmy award-winning animated series, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera. In 2014, she and her husband once again collaborated to make the animated feature The Book of Life, produced by Guillermo del Toro for 20th Century Fox. She most recently designed and voiced characters for the new limited series Maya & the Three at Netflix.
MODERATOR
Keith Blackmore
Sr. Lecturer // Vancouver Film School
As an animation historian, Keith Blackmore has been a passionate cheerleader and a voice for all-things animated in the Vancouver area for almost 30 years. As one of the producers of the SPARK ANIMATION Festival and an active member of the local SIGGRAPH chapter, Keith has presented, interviewed and moderated at many festivals, local and national.
Since 1995, Blackmore has educated, entertained and inspired students in the history of animation and media studies at the Vancouver Film School. When he’s not reading, teaching or talking about animation, he’s watching it.
