MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO (MJS), AN ANIMATION AND ILLUSTRATION PRODUCTION COMPANY RUN BY MATTHEW I. JENKINS, PROVIDED ANIMATION SERVICES FOR A NEW WEB SERIES THAT EXPLORES THE WHACKY, AND OFTEN MURDEROUS, IMAGINATION OF ANTHONY BOURDAIN, THE SERIES' WRITER. MJS CREATED THE CHARACTER DESIGN OF MR. BOURDAIN, CHARACTERS AND PROPS, AND PROVIDED THE ANIMATION LAYOUT FOR ALL FIVE EPISODES.
MJS WORKED FOR GREG PORETTA'S 3PCREATIVE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE SERIES WHO WAS CONTRACTED BY ZERO POINT ZERO, THE PRODUCTION COMPANY OF "NO RESERVATIONS". ZPZ PROVIDED THE SERIES FOR THE TRAVEL CHANNEL.
MATTHEW I. JENKINS HAS BEEN MAKING CARTOONS FOR TELEVISION AND FILM SINCE 1996. MATTHEW GRADUATED FROM THE SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN IN 1995 AND MOVED TO ATLANTA, BEGINNING A LONG CAREER AS A FREELANCE ARTIST. HE FIRST BEGAN WORK ON CARTOON NETWORKS' CULT HIT, "SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST". WITHIN THREE YEARS HE WAS WORKING AS ASSOCIATE STUDIO DIRECTOR AT PRIMAL SCREEN, ATLANTA'S LARGEST ANIMATION HOUSE AT THAT TIME. AFTER TWO YEARS AND COUNTLESS ANIMATED COMMERCIALS, NETWORK PACKAGING, AND PROMOS UNDER HIS BELT, MATTHEW LEFT THE ONLY FULL-TIME JOB HE EVER HAD AND WENT BACK TO THE FREELANCE WORLD.
HE STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY, GREEN STUDIOS. GREEN'S FIRST BIG CONTRACT WAS WITH CARTOON NETWORK'S THEN FLEDGLING ADULT SWIM, CREATING THE NEW ANIMATION FOR "THE BRAK SHOW" PILOT, AND SUPPLYING ANIMATION FOR A STRANGE NEW PILOT TITLED, "AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE". MATTHEW THEN BECAME PARTNER OF WILD HARE STUDIOS (WHS), A SMALL ANIMATION AND DESIGN FIRM IN ATLANTA, BRINGING HIS ANIMATION CLIENTS ON BOARD. AS PARTNER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF WHS, MATTHEW KEPT PRODUCING DESIGN AND ANIMATION FOR BOTH ADULT SWIM SERIES AS WELL AS NEW CLIENTS SUCH AS CARTOON NETWORK ON AIR, CARTOON NETWORK LATIN AMERICA, AND CARTOON NETWORK ONLINE. MATTHEW KEPT GREEN STUDIOS ON THE SIDE, USING IT FOR HIS ILLUSTRATION CAREER, MOST NOTABLY FOR WORK WITH DC COMICS' LICENSED CARTOON PROPERTIES, SUCH AS "SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST" AND "DEXTER'S LABORATORY".
AFTER FIVE OUTSTANDING YEARS AT WILD HARE STUDIOS, MATTHEW LEFT THE COMPANY AND WENT BACK TO WORK UNDER GREEN STUDIOS. IN 2005 HE MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY, RENAMING HIS COMPANY MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO. MJS' FIRST SCREEN CREDIT WAS IN THEATERS, HAVING DONE WORK FOR ADULT SWIM'S FIRST FEATURE FILM CALLED, "AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS". MJS WORKS FOR A VARIETY OF NETWORKS SUCH AS CARTOON NETWORK, MTV, AND COMEDY CENTRAL. MJS IS LOCATED IN MANHATTAN AND MAKES ART FOR TV, FILM, PRINT, AND THE WEB.
MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO (MJS), AN ANIMATION AND ILLUSTRATION PRODUCTION COMPANY RUN BY MATTHEW I. JENKINS, PROVIDED ANIMATION SERVICES FOR THE SKETCH COMEDY SERIES THAT MIXES STAND-UP COMEDY, SKETCHES, STUDIO BITS, MUSIC, AND ANIMATION, TO EXPLORE ONE "IMPORTANT THING" PER EPISODE.
THE PREMIERE EPISODE WHICH AIRED FEB. 11TH AT 10:30PM ON COMEDY CENTRAL, EXPLORED THE SUBJECT OF "TIMING", OPENING THE SERIES WITH ONE OF MJS' ANIMATIONS, A TIMELINE OF EVENTS STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME. FOUR MORE SHORT ANIMATIONS WERE FEATURED IN THIS HALF HOUR SHOW, A CAMPER WITH BAD TIMING, A BIRD FLYING OVER A MAN ON A BENCH WITH GOOD TIMING, A PHOTO STORE WITH BAD TIMING, AND AN ANIMATED VERSION OF DEMETRI TELLING JOKES.
MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO WON THE ANIMATION CONTRACT DURING THE SUMMER OF 2008 DURING A LENGTHY SELECTION PROCESS. DEMETRI MARTIN, AN ILLUSTRATOR KNOWN FOR USING HIS DRAWINGS IN HIS COMEDY ROUTINES, WANTED THE PERFECT COMPANY TO HANDLE HIS UNIQUE BRAND OF HUMOR. MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO HAS WORK FEATURED IN EVERY EPISODE OF THE SEASON.
MATTHEW I. JENKINS HAS BEEN MAKING CARTOONS FOR TELEVISION AND FILM SINCE 1996. MATTHEW GRADUATED FROM THE SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN IN 1995 AND MOVED TO ATLANTA, BEGINNING A LONG CAREER AS A FREELANCE ARTIST. HE FIRST BEGAN WORK ON CARTOON NETWORKS' CULT HIT, "SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST". WITHIN THREE YEARS HE WAS WORKING AS ASSOCIATE STUDIO DIRECTOR AT PRIMAL SCREEN, ATLANTA'S LARGEST ANIMATION HOUSE AT THAT TIME. AFTER TWO YEARS AND COUNTLESS ANIMATED COMMERCIALS, NETWORK PACKAGING, AND PROMOS UNDER HIS BELT, MATTHEW LEFT THE ONLY FULL-TIME JOB HE EVER HAD AND WENT BACK TO THE FREELANCE WORLD.
HE STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY, GREEN STUDIOS. GREEN'S FIRST BIG CONTRACT WAS WITH CARTOON NETWORK'S THEN FLEDGLING ADULT SWIM, CREATING THE NEW ANIMATION FOR "THE BRAK SHOW" PILOT, AND SUPPLYING ANIMATION FOR A STRANGE NEW PILOT TITLED, "AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE". MATTHEW THEN BECAME PARTNER OF WILD HARE STUDIOS (WHS), A SMALL ANIMATION AND DESIGN FIRM IN ATLANTA, BRINGING HIS ANIMATION CLIENTS ON BOARD. AS PARTNER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF WHS, MATTHEW KEPT PRODUCING DESIGN AND ANIMATION FOR BOTH ADULT SWIM SERIES AS WELL AS NEW CLIENTS SUCH AS CARTOON NETWORK ON AIR, CARTOON NETWORK LATIN AMERICA, AND CARTOON NETWORK ONLINE. MATTHEW KEPT GREEN STUDIOS ON THE SIDE, USING IT FOR HIS ILLUSTRATION CAREER, MOST NOTABLY FOR WORK WITH DC COMICS' LICENSED CARTOON PROPERTIES, SUCH AS "SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST" AND "DEXTER'S LABORATORY".
AFTER FIVE OUTSTANDING YEARS AT WILD HARE STUDIOS, MATTHEW LEFT THE COMPANY AND WENT BACK TO WORK UNDER GREEN STUDIOS. IN 2005 HE MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY, RENAMING HIS COMPANY MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO. MJS' FIRST SCREEN CREDIT WAS IN THEATERS, HAVING DONE WORK FOR ADULT SWIM'S FIRST FEATURE FILM CALLED, "AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS". MJS WORKS FOR A VARIETY OF NETWORKS SUCH AS CARTOON NETWORK, MTV, AND COMEDY CENTRAL. MJS IS LOCATED IN MANHATTAN AND MAKES ART FOR TV, FILM, PRINT, AND THE WEB.
