Emmy and Annie Award-winning Jorge R. Gutierrez is a Mexican animator, painter, voice actor, writer, and director.

A CalArts Experimental Animation BFA & MFA graduate, Gutierrez has completed various films, cartoons, and paintings exploring his love affair with Mexican pop and folk culture.

Gutierrez was Director & Co-Writer of the Guillermo del Toro produced animated feature "The Book of Life," which earned him a 2014 Golden Globe Award nomination. Along with his wife and muse, Sandra Equihua, they created the multiple Emmy Award-winning animated series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera for Nickelodeon. Gutierrez most recently created, wrote, and directed the event series Maya and the Three for Netflix which won 2 Annie Awards, and was nominated for 5 Daytime Emmys.

Gutierrez is currently developing and writing/directing a Netflix animated feature named "I, Chihuahua" with Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias.