J. J. Sedelmaier

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J. J. Sedelmaier is an American animation director, designer, and producer. He and his wife Patrice run J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc., an animation/graphic design studio they established in 1990 in White Plains, New York, to create and produce television commercials utilizing print illustrators as designers - an approach they continue to this day. He began his career in animation on cartoon television specials such as Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City (1981), The Berenstain Bears' Valentine Special (1982), and Berenstain Bears' Littlest Leaguer (1983). Between 1984 and 1990 Sedelmaier worked with R.O. Blechman at The Ink Tank in New York City. His studio's more recent works, which are more parody-oriented, include animation for Saturday TV Funhouse on Saturday Night Live, the pilot episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, the Tek Jansen series for "The Colbert Report", and a series of interstitial cartoons for the USA/NBC live action series, "Psych". JJSP also launched the first season of MTV's acclaimed "Beavis and Butthead" series in 1993.