Jorge R. Gutierrez (b. Jan, 1975) is a Mexican animator, painter, writer & director who created the multiple Annie & Emmy award winning animated television series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera for Nickelodeon.
Born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, Gutierrez has completed various films, cartoons, illustrations and paintings exploring his love affair with Mexican pop and folk culture.
Gutierrez attended the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), where he received his BFA & MFA in Experimental Animation under Jules Engel. There he created the 3D short "Carmelo", which won the 2001 Student Emmy Award in animation and was screened at various festivals around the world, including Kodak’s Emerging Filmmakers Program at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. In 2000, Gutierrez worked under animation legend Maurice Noble, for the art direction of Chuck Jones’ Timberwolf for Warner Bros. In 2001, he began creating "Jorge Gutierrez’ El Macho", an animated web series for Sony Pictures.
Gutierrez has also done character design on many animated series including Nickelodeon’s ChalkZone, as well as WB’s Mucha Lucha, and Disney’s The Buzz on Maggie for which he was nominated for a 2006 Annie Award in character design. As a writer, he’s worked on Scholastic’s The Misadventures of Maya & Miguel as well as Disney’s Brandy & Mr. Whiskers.
Gutierrez won two Annie awards (Best TV Animated show & Best TV Character Design) and one Emmy (Best TV Character Design) working on his passion project for Nickelodeon, El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, along with his partner, muse and wife, Sandra Equihua.
Gutierrez is married to Sandra Equihua, together they created the Nickelodeon series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
Now, he animates some of the sketches in Cartoon Network's Mad.