Monday, 7 June 2021

Resumé



I've contributed to the stories of all these great movies & TV shows and more! Scroll down to see my experience in the Story dept. and my projects as creator plus my Director's Reel at the bottom of the page.
CONTACT: mattjonez99@gmail.com

2024
'JOE & DARIUS'
 Short Film Pilot for TV series Writer/Director/Producer

2024
're:TIRED'
Personal Short Film Writer/Director/Producer 

2024
'YOKAI'
Writer/director/producer independent feature film storyboarded with my Story Class students.

2023
'Across the Spiderverse' 
Storyboard Artist



2023
'Chicken Run 2' 
Storyboard Artist

2023
'The Inventor' 
Story development, concept art & character design

2022
'Vox/Trolls'
Short Film Co-director, head of story

2021
'ROALD DAHL'S TALES FROM THE YELLOW DOOR'
Directed, designed & storyboarded a short film for Roald Dahl Day 2021.




2021
'DORIC'S ODYSSEY'
Writer & director of my original feature film.



2020
'Dungeons & Dragons: DARK ALLIANCE'
Storyboards for video game trailer





2020
TEACHING STORY-BOARDING FOR FEATURE ANIMATION
Established my own online school teaching a
10 week course on feature story-boarding.

2020
'WOLFWALKERS'
Story artist for Tomm Moore's latest film. Cartoon Saloon.


2018-2020
'MAYA & THE THREE'
Story artist on Jorgé Gutierrez' epic new action show for Netflix.


2019
TEACHING STORY DEVELOPMENT FOR FEATURE ANIMATION
Teaching 8 week course on story-boarding for 
Concept Design Academy, Pasadena.

 2018 
TEACHING STORY
1 week lecturing & teaching a storyboarding workshop at 
China's premiere art school CAFAM, Beijing.

2018
'SUMMONER'S WAR'
Storyboards for short film 'Friends & Rivals'

 'SONIC THE HEDGEHOG' 
Storyboards for Paramount's live-action/hybrid film 

2017
'UNANNOUNCED LIVE-ACTION FEATURE'
Storyboards for live-action comedy


2017
'MAGNUM/MOSCHINO' live-action/animation hybrid commercial
Storyboards and on-set revisions, Warner Bros. lot, Burbank


2016 
'OLDZILLA' & '10 LIVES'
Storyboards for abandoned animated features


2016 
TEACHING STORY
2 weeks lecturing & teaching a workshop in Melbourne, Australia 


 
2014 - 2015 
'DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE'
Head of Story for independent animated feature

2014
I wrote, directed & storyboarded this short film as a prospective pitch enlarging the world of Pixar's 'The Toy Story That Time Forgot'

2013
'LOST & FOUND'  
Storyboards for Oscar nominated Pixar short 



'TOY STORY THAT TIME FORGOT'  
Storyboards for Pixar Christmas Special


2012
'FINDING DORY'
Storyboards for Pixar animated feature


 
2010-2012
'INSIDE OUT'
Storyboards for Oscar-winning Pixar animated feature


2009
'ARTHUR CHRISTMAS'
Storyboards for Aardman/Sony animated feature


2009
'PIRATES!'
Storyboards for Aardman/Sony animated feature


2006-2008
'A MONSTER IN PARIS'
Storyboards for EuropaCorp. animated feature 

Plus countless commercials, music videos, short form TV spots and short films.


DIRECTOR & DESIGNER:

'Joe & Darius' animated short
're:TIRED' animated short
'Vox: Trolls' animated short
'Terrible Tim' four short films for Nickelodeon
'The Clapping Song' Nick jr.
The V-Birds 'Virtuality' music video for Cartoon Network's virtual girl band.
BSkyB 'Health & Safety' training film
'Made in Europe' Title sequence WDR, Germany  


I've also done design & story consultation for the leading three tech companies which remains under NDA.

I have taught and lectured on Story at schools in China, Australia, the UK and the US.








Monday, 12 February 2018

COMMERCIALS & LIVE-ACTION BOARDS (click to enlarge)

CG COMMERCIALS & SHORT FILMS











                                                          LIVE ACTION COMMERCIALS




LIVE ACTION TV 'Ms. MARVEL'







 LIVE ACTION COMEDY FEATURE
















FEATURE ANIMATION (click each image to enlarge)