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
Storyboards for video game trailer
2020
TEACHING STORY-BOARDING FOR FEATURE ANIMATION
Established my own online school teaching a
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.
2019
TEACHING STORY DEVELOPMENT FOR FEATURE ANIMATION
Teaching 8 week course on story-boarding for
TEACHING STORY DEVELOPMENT FOR FEATURE ANIMATION
Teaching 8 week course on story-boarding for
Concept Design Academy, Pasadena.
2018
'SUMMONER'S WAR'
Storyboards for short film 'Friends & Rivals'
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'
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
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
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
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.