Jon Izen

• Chuck’s Choice

• Comedy

• DHX Media

• 40x11 episode

Series Director

• Supernoobs Season 1

• Comedy

• DHX Media

• 52x11 episode

Series Director/ Creator

•Sweet Tweets

• Pre school

• Yeti Farm

30x2 min

Series Director

• Dr. Dimensionpants Season 1

• Comedy

• DHX Media

• 52x11

Series Director

• Pet Squad Season 1 (Bafta Nomination 2011)

• Comedy Action

• March Entertainment

• 52x11 episode for broadcast on Children's BBC

Series Director

• Dex Hamilton Alien Entomologist

• Adventure comedy

• March Entertainment

• 26x22 episodes

Creator/Director/Original design/Show Runner

• Yam Roll

• comedy

• March Entertainment

• 39x11 and 39x3 for broadcast on CBC/ Hulu

Creator/Director/Animator

• Black and White – award winning

• Audience Award at NYICFF

• March Entertainment

• 100x30 seconds web based shorts. Toured as part of New York International Children's Film

Festival 'Best of” as well as numerous other promotions for NYICFF

• Black and White NYICFF adverts - 3x30 sec for broadcast on Turner Network

• Closing festival short for Square Eyes Children's Film Festival, New Zealand

Art Director

• Pound Puppies Season 3

• DHX Media

• 26 x11 episode

SERIES DEVELOPMENT

• Yam Roll – Produced. Airing on CBC, ABC2, HBO Asia,

• Sasquatch Claw Force Hypersonic – Development with DHX media

• Fawn Force – developed for Kickstart Entertainment

• Rainbow Coast – developed for Global Mechanic

• Sweet Tweets – developed for Yeti Farm

• Black and White - micro mini series

• David and Salty – commissioned by Cartoon Network. Developed up to storyboard stage

• Licky – developed for March Entertainment.

• Princess Mimi and her tiny bud Grumpy Gus – developed for March Entertainment.

LEAD ANIMATION

Lead animator

• Bardel Entertainment

• The Buzz on Maggie

• 13x22 for broadcast on Disney channel

Lead animator

• Bardel Entertainment

• Mucha Lucha Season 3

• 13x22 for broadcast on W.B.

ANIMATION

Animator

• Yeti Farm

• Snack Time

• 13x22 for broadcast on W.B.

Animator

• Bardel Entertainment

• Mucha Lucha Season 2

• 13x22 for broadcast on W.B.

Animator

• Bardel Entertainment

• Leapfrog game

• “Finding Nemo”

Animator/designer

• Independent

• Port Moody Blues

• A B.C. based skateboard video

Animator – 3d pre-vis

• Keystone

• Spymate

• Feature film

STORYBOARD/ STORYBOARD CLEAN UP

• AKA cartoons - Ed Edd and Eddy for broadcast on Cartoon Network

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS AND AWARDS

A full list is available upon request. The following is a selection.

• Pictoplasma – Berlin, 2013, Yellow screened

• World Wide Short Film Festival -Toronto, Canada – 2010 Yam Roll, Pajamarama -Screened

• Pictoplasma – New York, USA – 2008, Black and White screened

• New York International Children's Film Festival -New York, USA - 2008 Winner of Audience Award -ages

8 to 14. Included as “Best of” travelling show and DVD.

• Toronto International Children's Film Festival -Toronto, Canada – 2007 Black and White-Screened

• Mill Valley Film Festival -San Rafael , USA - 2007 - Black and White Screened

• Platform Film Festival -Portland, USA - 2007 -Yam Roll –Nominated

• Asian Animation Film Festival -Chicago, USA - 2006 -Yam R0ll -Screened

• Australian International Film Festival -Melbourne, Australia – 2006 -Yam Roll – Screened

• FAIF International Film Festival – Hollywood, USA – 2006 – Yam Roll -Official Selection (screened at

Mann Theatre -YAY :)

SELECTED ART EXHIBITS

2011 (April) State of the Art, Whistler BC – group

2010 (April) Easily Forgettable, Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto – solo

2008 (Aug) Little Bird, Germany - group

2008 (Dec) Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, Ca. Fresh Produce – group

2007 (July) Grass Hut Corps, Portland, Or, new birds - group

2007 (June) The Little Bird Project, Fund raiser for Unicef- group

2006 (July) L Street Gallery, San Diego, Ca. Back in the day- group

2004 (April) COMPOUND 2 Gallery Portland, Oregon, life in the slow lane– solo

I have been fortunate enough to have swapped art work with Yoshitomo Nara, have work hanging on the wall of

Michael Stipe, Zach Galifianakis and the one and only Marv Newland:)

PRESS/PUBLICATION

• VFS magazine

• Now – Yam Roll article

• Urban Rush – Yam Roll interview

• NPR – Black and White interview

• Geist (illustration)

• Pictoplasma Character Design Encyclopedia

• Suite 101.com – Black and White interview

• Cold Hard Flash - various highlights of projects

• Cartoon Brew – they bashed me :)

• Channel Frederator - interview

• DNTO radio interview re:True Love

• Westender paper (illustration)

• SBC skate magazine (illustration)

• College News Magazine (illustration)

EDUCATION

• U of M Fine arts degree

• VFS classical animation