Jess Espanola

Jess Espanola

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Layout artist Assistant director Birth date: December 23 Status: Inactive Number of episodes: 46 Seasons active: Season 15 - 27 Short: The Longest Daycare First episode: "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" Most recent episode: "Lisa the Veterinarian"

Jesus "Jess" Española (born December 23) is a Filipino animator. He previously served as a character layout artist, animatic layout artist and assistant director on The Simpsons and has worked as a character layout artist on Futurama and King of the Hill.

Española was the first Filipino to win an Emmy, which he won for working on "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind". At the time, he wasn't an American citizen. Americans of Filipino descent had won Emmys in the past, but never a full Filipino.

Credits

Character layout artist

Episode – "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" Episode – "The Wandering Juvie" Episode – "Sleeping with the Enemy" Episode – "There's Something About Marrying" Episode – "Mobile Homer" Episode – "Little Big Girl" Special – The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXI" Episode – "The Ned-liest Catch" Episode – "The Food Wife" Episode – "Beware My Cheating Bart" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" Special – The Simpsons SU2C PSA Episode – "Adventures in Baby-Getting" Episode – "What Animated Women Want" Episode – "Dangers on a Train" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" Episode – "The Kid Is All Right" Episode – "Days of Future Future" Special – The Longest Daycare THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV" Episode – "Covercraft" Episode – "Walking Big & Tall" Episode – "Sky Police" Episode – "Waiting for Duffman" Episode – "Bull-E" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" Episode – "Much Apu About Something"

Animatic layout artist

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXII" Episode – "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" Episode – "Holidays of Future Passed" Episode – "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network" Episode – "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" Episode – "The Daughter Also Rises" Episode – "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart" Episode – "How I Wet Your Mother" Episode – "Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda"

Lead character layout artist

• Episode – "At Long Last Leave"
• Episode – "Moonshine River"
• Episode – "'Paths of Glory"
• Episode – "Lisa the Veterinarian"

Assistant director

Episode – "Springfield Up" Episode – "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" Episode – "Holidays of Future Passed" Episode – "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network" Episode – "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" Episode – "The Daughter Also Rises" Episode – "At Long Last Leave" Episode – "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart" Episode – "How I Wet Your Mother" Episode – "Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda" Special – The Simpsons SU2C PSA Episode – "Gorgeous Grampa" Episode – "The Saga of Carl" Episode – "The Winter of His Content" Episode – "The Wreck of the Relationship"

FX layout

• Episode – "The Girl Code"

External links

• Jess Espanola at the Internet Movie Database

Assistant directors

Current assistant directors Oscar Cervantes • Chris Clements • Manny DeGuzman • Matthew Faughnan • Yelena Geodakyan • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Oscar Pangestu • Dane Romley • Herman Sharaf • Shane K. Sowell • Toni Tysen • Kathy Zielinski Former assistant directors Neil Affleck • Edwin E. Aguilar • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Norman P. Auble • Carlos Baeza • Orlando Baeza • Timothy Bailey • David Bastian • David Blum • Scott Brutz • Shaun Cashman • Christianna Lang Daley • Susie Dietter • Mark Ervin • Jess Espanola • Hunilla Fodor • Jonathan Gebhart • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Klay Hall • Mickey Handsome • Matthew Herbert • Sean Hobin • Brian Iles • Jen Kamerman • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Ben Lane • Davy Lauterbach • Grant Lee • Ely Lester • Chris Loudon • Michael Ludy • Richard Manginsay • Michael Marcantel • Tom Mazzocco • Pete Michels • Jennifer Moeller • Steven Dean Moore • Matthew Nastuk • James O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Howy Parkins • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Mike Frank Polcino • James Purdum • Alex Que • Jim Reardon • Stephen Reis • Jeremy Robinson • Eddie Rosas • Alex Ruiz • Matthew Schofield • Swinton O. Scott III • Chuck Sheetz • Alan Smart • Steve Socki • Ralph Sosa • Debbie J. Spafford • Ethan Spaulding • Josh Taback • Cyndi Tang • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Paul Wee • Thomas Woodall Other assistant directors Colin Heck • Eric Koenig • Drew McPhail • Michael Rundle • Art Seidel • Gregg Vanzo

Animatic layout artists and Animatic editors

Former animatic layout artists John Achenbach • Edwin E. Aguilar • Jung A Anderson • Norman P. Auble • Oscar Cervantes • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Lejon Douroux • Jeanne Erickson • Luis Escobar • Jess Espanola • Dante Fabiero • Yelena Geodakyan • Angela Gilman • Matthew Herbert • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Davy Lauterbach • Grant Lee • Ely Lester • Tom Madrid, Jr. • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Istvan Majoros • Matt Mantel • James Marquez • Drew McPhail • Jennifer Moeller • Mike Morris • Mary O. Natale • Rob Oliver • Steve Pilapil • Chance Raspberry • Jeremy Robinson • Eddie Rosas • Alex Ruiz • Fill Marc Sagadraca • Rick Salonga • Matthew Schofield • Ralph Sosa • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Paul Wee Animatic editors Taylor Allen • Martin Alvarez • Jennifer Dolce • Roger Injarusorn • Sean Isroelit • Monica Lee • Eric Loudon • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Mark Scheib • Rob Schulbaum

Character layout artists

Current character layout artists Jung A Anderson • Michael E. Atniel • Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Jody Brooks • Oscar Cervantes • Greg Checketts • Joung Kyu Choi • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Manny DeGuzman • Lejon Douroux • Adam Dykstra • Jeanne Erickson • Luis Escobar • Natalie J. Fosdick • Yelena Geodakyan • Steven Pierre Gordon • Colin Heck • Matthew Herbert • Daniela Hoyos • Alexander Jenson • Jeff Johnson • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Tina Kügler • Christianna Lang Daley • Eric Lara • Davy Lauterbach • Ely Lester • Michael Ludy • Tom Madrid, Jr. • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Tanja Majerus • Andy Manley • Maeve McGrath • Drew McPhail • Mary O. Natale • Tuan Nguyen • Rob Oliver • Oscar Pangestu • Lena Podesta • Silvia Pompei • Alex Que • Arlyne Ramirez • Nik Ranieri • Thomas E. Richner • Ryan Rivette • Jeremy Robinson • Dustin Romero • Dane Romley • Rick Salonga • Herman Sharaf • Jiyoon Shin • Kamoon Song • Ralph Sosa • Shane K. Sowell • Debbie J. Spafford • Michael Tran • Toni Tysen • Jason D. Warnesky • Paul Wee • Kathy Zielinski Former character layout artists Brad Ableson • John Achenbach • Albert Acosta • Edwin E. Aguilar • Victor E. Almaguer • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Tony Anselmo • John Aoshima • Martin Archer • Craig Armstrong • Stephanie Arnett • Marcos Asprec • Orlando Baeza • Brenda Banks • Tibor Belay • Anthony Bell • John Berado • Sue Bielenberg • Mark Borok • Jeannette Bose • Scott Brutz • Tricia Buchanan-Benson • Rufino Camacho • Nathan Cash • Shaun Cashman • Kendis Chase • Shavonne Cherry • Moon Choi • Utit Choomuang • Craig Clark • Jeff Clark • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Casey Coffey • Mark Colangelo • Pam Cooke • Tom Coppola • Noel Cox • Caroline Cruikshank • Kirin Daughtery • Tim Decker • Gavin Dell • Susie Dietter • Francis Dinglasan • Orlando Distor • Arthur Ebuen • Ernesto Elicanal • Mark Ervin • Jess Espanola • Dante Fabiero • Matthew Faughnan • Istvan Fellner • Bonnie Fishbon • Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice • Hunilla Fodor • Mike Fontanelli • Julie Forte • Sandra Frame • Bryan Francis • Cynthia French • Adriana Galvez • Philip Garcia • Raul Garcia • Tricia Garcia • Frederick J. Gardner III • Jonathan Gebhart • Brett Gehrs • Ed Ghertner • Neal Goldstein • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Roger Gonzales • Joshua David Gorczyca • Gordon Stanfield Animation • Lucas Gray • Orlando Gumatay • Ted Hanik • Mary Hanley • Joe Healy • Lynne Healy • Krystal Hernandez • Seth Hippen • Bill Ho • Jennie Hoffer • James Huang • Chris Huicochea • Brian Iles • Kelly Spencer James • Geoffrey Johnson • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Jen Kamerman • Mark Kausler • Seth Kearsley • Ernest Keen • Dean Kelly • Celia Kendrick • Eric S. Keyes • Andy Kim • S.J. Kim • Sooan Kim • Andi Klein • Bert Klein • Julianna Korsborn • Nancy Kruse • Jeff LaFlamme • Ben Lane • Phil Langone • Boowan Lee • Grant Lee • Ashley Lenz • Bob Logan • Jon Lopez • Miguel Lopez • Chris Loudon • Greg Lovell • Matt Luhn • Jeffrey Lynch • Jason Magness • Istvan Majoros • Maryann Malcomb • Anna Maltese • Richard Manginsay • Tammy Manis • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • James Marquez • John Mathot • Ted Mathot • Linda McCall • Gary McCarver • Steve Mealue • Andre Medina • Emily Michels • Pete Michels • Noah Miller • Chris Moeller • Jennifer Moeller • Leo Moran • Jeanette Moreno • Mike Morris • Sarge Morton • Erik Moxcey • Jeff Myers • Kimberly Narsete • Matthew Nastuk • Joey Nilges • James O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Eduardo Olivares • Eric Oliver • Kenji Ono • Tyler Pagan • Howy Parkins • Sanjay Patel • John Pearson • Jack Perkins • Raymond S. Persi • Jeff Pidgeon • Dominic Polcino • Mike Frank Polcino • Michael Polvani • Teresa Potter-Heimark • Dan Povenmire • Julius Preite • Natasha Presler-Wicke • James Purdum • Chance Raspberry • Bill Recinos • Dexter Reed • Jordan Reichek • Stephen Reis • Jay Robinson • Art Roman • Christian Roman • Eddie Rosas • Sondra Roy • Aaron Rozenfeld • Alex Ruiz • Fill Marc Sagadraca • David Salvador • Alberto Santiago • Sydney Sata • Matthew Schofield • Andy Schuhler • Melody Severns • Peter Shin • Tony Siruno • Kevin M. Smith • Steve Smith • Ethan Spaulding • Julie Spencer • Eric Stefani • Aimee Steinberger • Jennifer Stillwell • Charlotte Stout • Josh Taback • Betty Tang • Cyndi Tang • Lewis Tate • Noel Taylor • Tommy Tejeda • Gary Terry • Erick T. Tran • Elan Trinidad • Tuck Tucker • Bob Tyler • Brad Vandergrift • Gregg Vanzo • Viorel Voronca • Dusty Wakefield • Mark Watts • JC Wegman • Brian Wells • Tom Winkler • Byun Kwang Won • Anthony Wong • Thomas Woodall • Glen Wuthrich • Tomihiro Yamaguchi • Gary Yap • Jung-A Yoo • Young Yoo • Jordan Young One time character layout artists Scott Alberts • Charles Alleneck • Ed Bell • Brad Bird • Clint Bond • Ian Chen • Kevin Davis • Eric Elder • Marvin Ervin • Brad Forbush • Steve Garcia • Klay Hall • Sam Ho • Jeff Howard • Chris Hubbard • Nora Johnson • Jason Katz • Jang Woo Lee • Derek Lestrange • Jeff "Swampy" Marsh • Bob Miller • Chris Mitchell • Angel Pastrana • Charles Ragins • Marc Ratner • Christopher Reccardi • Domingo Rivera • Stephen Robertson • Amy Rychlick • Ericka Schwartz • Elaina Scott • Alan Smart • Chad Stewart • Matt Sullivan • Eric Thomas • Janice Tolentino • Arthur Valencia • Jim Van der Keyl • Barry Vodos • Dave Warren • Celia Weiss Other character layout artists Ivaylo Anguelov • David Au • Abe Audish • Matthias Bauer • Wayne Carlisi • Roberto Casale • Kathi Castillo • Rick Farmiloe • Mike Girard • Rick Hoppe • Jay Jackson • Cathy Jones • Megan Kelly • Craig Kemplin • Jiwook Kim • Erik Kuska • Lois Lee • Joseph Lowe • Carlos Lutterbach • Leonardo Matsuda • Frank Molieri • Steven Muller • David Nam • Phillip Pignotti • Chris Rutkowski • David Silverman • Chris Minki Song • Mike Swofford • Derek Thompson • Kurt Vanzo • Franz Vischer • William Waldman

FX layout artists
Current FX layout artists John Dillon • Rosanna Lyons • John MacFarlane • Brice Mallier Former FX layout artists Jess Espanola • Al Holter • Sooan Kim • Cynthia Neill Knizek • Eric Lara • David Lee • Kevin O'Neil • Jeff Topping