Director · Storyboard Artist · Animator
Jody Schaeffer
Creator of Megas XLR. Storyboards for Bob's Burgers and The Great North. Thirty years of animation, from MTV to Titmouse.
Directing
Animation direction for series, shorts and national spots.
Storyboards
Animatic sequences from four seasons at Bento Box. Each panel is one sequence; tap to play.
Design
Character design and illustration.
About
Jody turns scripts into pictures that move. He has boarded, directed, designed and produced across nearly every stage of TV animation.
He created Megas XLR for Cartoon Network and served as its executive producer and art director. At Bento Box he boarded four seasons of Bob's Burgers, plus The Great North and Hoops, cutting animatics and pitch reels and working directly with overseas studios to keep episodes on schedule.
At Titmouse he directed, animated and boarded on Big Mouth, Metalocalypse and Motor City, and directed Nike's "The Dreamers" campaign. His commercial work includes General Mills' Cereal Squad and The Cap'n Crunch Show. He studied at the School of Visual Arts.
Credits
- 2026Odd JobsStoryboard revisionist · Titmouse for Amazon
- 2018–2025Bob's Burgers, The Great North, HoopsStoryboard artist · Bento Box
- 2020General Mills "Cereal Squad"Animation director · Roger
- 2005–2018Big Mouth, Metalocalypse, Motor City, Turbo F.A.S.T.Director, animator, storyboard · Titmouse · Nike "The Dreamers"
- 2012–2013The Cap'n Crunch ShowDirector, storyboard, animation director · Visual Creatures
- 2000–2005Megas XLRCreator, executive producer, art director · Cartoon Network
- 1996–1998Daria, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, MTV DowntownAnimator, designer, director · MTV