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 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" Episode – "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