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Jorge R. Gutierrez

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Jorge R. Gutiérrez (born January 25, 1975) is the creator of the Nickelodeon series, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera. He is also an executive producer, character designer and color stylist for the show.

Biography[]

In the early years, Gutierrez has produced various mediums through films, cartoons, illustrations and paintings related to the exploration of Mexican culture.

He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts by studying experimental animation with the help of support from both filmmakers. While studying, he created an animated short film, Carmelo, in which the film won the 2001 Student Emmy Award. In 2000, he started working with Warner Bros. as an art director with Maurice Noble for Chuck Jones’ Timberwolf. In 2001, he created his first animated web series, Jorge Gutierrez’ El Macho for Sony Pictures.

Gutierrez has designed character designs for many animated series such as Nickelodeon’s ChalkZone, Kid’s WB’s ¡Mucha Lucha!, Disney Channel’s The Buzz on Maggie, and Cartoon Network’s Class of 3000. He also worked as a writer in several animated television series. He wrote episodes for Disney Channel’s Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, PBS Kids’ Maya & Miguel, and Vampirina.

As he pitched Pepe the Bull for Disney Channel, he began working on producing the pilot for El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera in 2004. He presented the pilot to Nickelodeon Animation Studios and then the show was later picked up by Nickelodeon. Gutierrez has produced 26 episodes for El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera with his spouse, Sandra Equihua and they both designed characters respectively.

After El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera was canceled, he has worked on more animated projects and directed 20th Century Fox’s The Book of Life. He is currently signed on with Netflix to produce and direct animated projects such as Maya and the Three, Kung Fu Space Punch and I, Chihuahua, in which both latter projects were canceled.

Trivia[]

  • His childhood experiences and with the help of Equihua, his past memories have inspired him to create El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera.
  • Gutierrez considers El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera to be his passion animated project because of how much the show is inspired by his past experiences, culture, and personal life.
  • Gutierrez's favorite scene is the ending of "No Boots, No Belt, No Brero".[1]

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