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Jeffrey Lynch is an American animator and graphic artist. His past work includes: animation director on The Simpsons and Futurama; assistant director on Spider-Man , Spider-Man 2 , Spider-Man 3, and The Iron Giant as story department head.
Lynch has been creating motion media ranging from TV commercial to corporate communications for almost 30 years. He has worked for a number of clients. Having worked in medical, education, technology, politics, fashion, and non-profit organizations, Lynch has directed actors and celebrities such as James Earl Jones and Martha Stewart. [1]
In his career, Lynch has worked as a marketing strategist, director, photographer and musician. [1]
Lynch received his degree in documentary filmmaking from Temple University, while also attended the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar. He also worked for the Advertising and Marketing Services group at Armstrong. Armstrong is an interior furnishings manufacturer from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. [1]
He is credited with directing the following episodes:
He is credited with directing the following episodes:
He is credited with directing second unit on the following films:
Year | Title | Roles | Director | Notes |
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1986 | The Great Mouse Detective | Key assistant animator | Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener, Ron Clements, and John Musker | |
1988 | Oliver & Company | Character animator | George Scribner | |
1993 | Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday | Storyboard artist | Adam Marcus | |
1999 | The Iron Giant | Story department head | Brad Bird | |
For Love of the Game | Storyboard artist | Sam Raimi | ||
2000 | The Gift | |||
2002 | Spider-Man | Second unit director | (As Jeffrey A. Lynch) | |
2004 | Spider-Man 2 | |||
The Incredibles | Storyboard artist | Brad Bird | ||
2005 | Corpse Bride | Head of story | Tim Burton | |
2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Second unit director, storyboard artist | Sam Raimi | (As Jeffrey A. Lynch) |
2009 | Drag Me to Hell | Special thanks | ||
2010 | Megamind | Story artist: pre-production | Tom McGrath | |
2011 | Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol | Second unit director | Brad Bird | |
2013 | Oz the Great and Powerful | Sam Raimi | ||
2015 | Tomorrowland | Brad Bird | ||
2018 | Incredibles 2 | Additional story artist | ||
Bartholomew Jojo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed Bart while waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. Groening had been called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip, Life in Hell, but instead decided to create a new set of characters. While the rest of the characters were named after Groening's family members, Bart's name is an anagram of the word brat. After appearing on The Tracey Ullman Show for two years, the Simpson family received its own series on Fox, which debuted December 17, 1989. Bart has appeared in every Simpsons episode except "Four Great Women and a Manicure".
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"The Homer They Fall" is the third episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 10, 1996. After Homer realizes he has a bizarre medical condition that renders him unable to be knocked out, Moe convinces him to start a career as a boxer and allow the bartender to manage him. The episode was written by Jonathan Collier and directed by Mark Kirkland. It guest stars Michael Buffer as himself and Paul Winfield as Lucius Sweet.
Ian Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer. He has formerly written for Saturday Night Live (1992–1995) and The Simpsons (1995–2012), as well as serving as a co-executive producer and consulting producer for the latter from its seventh to its twenty-fourth seasons.
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