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MATTHEW I. JENKINS
MATTHEW I. JENKINS, OWNER AND CREATIVE OF MJS, HAS WORKED IN JUST ABOUT EVERY CONFIGURATION OF ANIMATION PRODUCTION YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE. MATTHEW HAS THIRTEEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN ANIMATION AND VARIOUS MEDIA BRINGING YEARS OF VALUABLE LESSONS TO EACH PROJECT. HIS COMPANY, MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO, BELIEVES THAT NO JOB IS TOO SMALL AND NO JOB IS TOO BIG. IN TODAY'S MARKET, EACH COMPANY NEEDS FLEXIBILITY TO MEET RISING COSTS, AND MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO ADAPTS TO EACH CLIENT'S NEEDS. THIS MODEL ALLOWS US TO RISE TO EVERY CHALLENGE, CONFIGURING A TEAM TO MEET EACH JOB SPECIFICALLY. OUR METHOD ALLOWS US TO BE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, FILLING A MUCH NEED NICHE IN TODAYS MARKET. MJS HAS ANIMATION CURRENTLY FEATURED ON CARTOON NETWORK'S ADULT SWIM AND COMEDY CENTRAL'S "IMPORTANT THINGS WITH DEMETRI MARTIN".
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"BEING FLEXIBLY ALLOWS ME TO TAKE JOBS THAT WOULD ORDINARILY BE TOO SMALL FOR OTHER STUDIOS TO AFFORD TO DO. AND WITH TECHNOLOGY TODAY, IT'S REALL EASY TO DO A LOT OF WORK YOURSELF."
"WHAT WORKS FOR ME, IS TO BLOW UP IN SIZE WHEN DOING BIG JOBS FOR CLIENTS, AND THEN SHRINK BACK DOWN TO WHERE I AM MOST OF THE TIME DOING VARIOUS JOBS MYSELF, IN MY SMALL MANHATTAN STUDIO. BUT WHEN THE JOBS ARE BIGGER AND I NEED HELP, WE HAVE SUCH A VAST TALENT POOL HERE, EASILY CREATING TEAMS OF ANIMATORS, DESIGNERS, AND BACKGROUND ARTISTS, IF NEEDED, OFTEN WORKING ENTIRELY REMOTELY."
"I'M ALSO HAPPY WORKING AT ANOTHER COMPANY'S STUDIO, OR WORKING PARTIALLY AT A STUDIO AND PARTIALLY HERE, OR WORKING AS A TEAM OVER THE INTERNET. MJS HAS VARIOUS CLIENTS OF EACH CATEGORY, OFTEN DIRECTING PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE ME TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM OR TEAMS OF ARTISTS, AND IN CONTRAST, BEING ON THE LAST RELAY OF OTHER TEAMS. MY MAIN CONCERN IS WORKING ON COOL PROJECTS, WORKING WITH FUN PEOPLE, AND MAKING A LIVING DOING THE WORK I LOVE TO DO. THAT'S MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO."
-MATTHEW I. JENKINS
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MATTHEW I. JENKINS HAS BEEN MAKING CARTOONS FOR TELEVISION AND FILM SINCE 1996. MATTHEW GRADUATED FROM THE SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN IN 1995 AND MOVED TO ATLANTA, BEGINNING A LONG CAREER AS A FREELANCE ARTIST. HE FIRST BEGAN WORK ON CARTOON NETWORKS' CULT HIT, "SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST". WITHIN THREE YEARS HE WAS WORKING AS ASSOCIATE STUDIO DIRECTOR AT PRIMAL SCREEN, ATLANTA'S LARGEST ANIMATION HOUSE AT THAT TIME. AFTER TWO YEARS AND COUNTLESS ANIMATED COMMERCIALS, NETWORK PACKAGING, AND PROMOS UNDER HIS BELT, MATTHEW LEFT THE ONLY FULL-TIME JOB HE EVER HAD AND WENT BACK TO THE FREELANCE WORLD.
HE STARTED HIS OWN COMPANY, GREEN STUDIOS. GREEN'S FIRST BIG CONTRACT WAS WITH CARTOON NETWORK'S THEN FLEDGLING ADULT SWIM, CREATING THE NEW ANIMATION FOR "THE BRAK SHOW" PILOT, AND SUPPLYING ANIMATION FOR A STRANGE NEW PILOT TITLED, "AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE". MATTHEW THEN BECAME PARTNER OF WILD HARE STUDIOS (WHS), A SMALL ANIMATION AND DESIGN FIRM IN ATLANTA, BRINGING HIS ANIMATION CLIENTS ON BOARD. AS PARTNER AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF WHS, MATTHEW KEPT PRODUCING DESIGN AND ANIMATION FOR BOTH ADULT SWIM SERIES AS WELL AS NEW CLIENTS SUCH AS CARTOON NETWORK ON AIR, CARTOON NETWORK LATIN AMERICA, AND CARTOON NETWORK ONLINE. MATTHEW KEPT GREEN STUDIOS ON THE SIDE, USING IT FOR HIS ILLUSTRATION CAREER, MOST NOTABLY FOR WORK WITH DC COMICS' LICENSED CARTOON PROPERTIES, SUCH AS "SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST" AND "DEXTER'S LABORATORY".
AFTER FIVE OUTSTANDING YEARS AT WILD HARE STUDIOS, MATTHEW LEFT THE COMPANY AND WENT BACK TO WORK UNDER GREEN STUDIOS. IN 2005 HE MOVED TO NEW YORK CITY, RENAMING HIS COMPANY MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO. MJS' FIRST SCREEN CREDIT WAS IN THEATERS, HAVING DONE WORK FOR ADULT SWIM'S FIRST FEATURE FILM CALLED, "AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS". MJS WORKS FOR A VARIETY OF NETWORKS SUCH AS CARTOON NETWORK, MTV, AND COMEDY CENTRAL. MJS IS LOCATED IN MANHATTAN AND MAKES ART FOR TV, FILM, PRINT, AND THE WEB.
MATTHEW JENKINS STUDIO IS A DBA OF GREEN STUDIOS AND IS WHOLLY OWNED BY MATTHEW I. JENKINS. MJS' INTERNET ADDRESS IS WWW.MATTHEWJENKINSSTUDIO.COM.
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