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December 9, 2008
Jon Izen _ Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Jon Izen is a Winnipeg born artist that loves wiener dogs. After graduating from University of Manitoba with a BFA, Jon moved to Vancouver and studied animation. Since graduating, Jon's original animated projects have been awarded and nominated internationally in numerous animation competitions and festivals.
Jon's resume includes doing storyboards at Danny Antonucci’s A.K.A. Cartoons for Cartoon Networks Ed, EDD and EDDY, character design/development for Marv Newland's International Rocketship, animating on an R.E.M. video, lead animation on Disney's "The Buzz on MAggie" as well as Warner Brothers hit show Mucha Lucha. Jon has also done development work for the Cartoon Network as well as producing original animation for CBC tv.
He most recently directed a show that he created with Jono Howard called The Very Good Adventures of Yam Roll in Happy Kingdom. (Watch it on Joost.com and ilaugh.com)
His artwork has been included as a part of group and solo shows in Winnipeg, Vancouver, Portland and San Francisco, Germany and San Diego.
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