Director, animator, and illustrator Jorge R. Gutierrez discusses his latest work as creator of NETFLIX’s Maya and the Three, and the cultural nuances his body of work continues to produce via video games, movies, tv and streaming. Emmy award winning Jorge R. Gutierrez is a Mexican creator, painter, voice actor, writer, and director. Born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, Gutierrez has completed various films, cartoons, and paintings exploring his love affair with Mexican pop and folk culture. He was the director & co-writer of the Guillermo Del Toro produced animated feature The Book of Life for Fox, which earned him a 2014 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. He was also the writer & director of the Emmy nominated Son of Jaguar VR short for Google. Along with his wife and muse, Sandra Equihua, they created the multiple Emmy Award–winning animated television series El Tigre, The Adventures of Manny Rivera for Nickelodeon.
Watch Maya and the Three here: https://www.netflix.com/title/80244283. Moderated by Ruben Dario Villa.