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. plus my Director's Reel at the bottom of the page.

CONTACT: mattjonez99@gmail.com

2023

'Across the Spiderverse' 

Storyboard Artist

2023

'Chicken Run 2' 

Storyboard Artist

2023

'The Inventor' 

Story development, concept art & character design

2023

'Technological Leap'

Short Film Writer/Director 

2022

'Vox/Trolls'

Short Film Co-director, head of story

2022

'YOKAI'

Boarding my own feature film with my story class

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

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:

'Technological Leap' 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.

I have 25 years experience in storytelling at studios in Europe & the US inc. Aardman, Pixar, Netflix, Cartoon Saloon and Sony and have been teaching 'story' for a couple years in my own online class. I've contributed story material to Oscar-winning/nominated features and shorts inc. 'Inside Out', 'Wolfwalkers' and 'Lost & Found'. I have several feature projects in development that I've been pitching to studios and production companies. 

FEATURE ANIMATION STORYBOARD EXAMPLES

 

 

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)

Article for IMAGINE FX magazine