J. J. Sedelmaier
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J. J. Sedelmaier is an American illustrator, designer, author, and film director/producer. He and his wife Patrice run J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc., an animation/graphic design studio they established in 1990 in White Plains, New York, to create and produce animated television commercials utilizing print illustrators as designers - an approach they continue to this day. He began his career in animation on cartoon television specials such as Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City
(1981), The Berenstain Bears' Valentine Special (1982), and Berenstain Bears' Littlest Leaguer (1983). Between 1984 and 1990 Sedelmaier worked with R. O. Blechman
at The Ink Tank in New York City. His studio's long form creations, which are often parody
-oriented, include animation for Saturday TV Funhouse on Saturday Night Live
, the pilot episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
, the Tek Jansen series for "The Colbert Report", and a series of interstitial cartoons for the USA/NBC live action series, "Psych
", along with a series of live-action/CGI commercials for Alka-Seltzer
resurrecting the classic "Speedy Alka-Seltzer" character. Sedelmaier collaborated with Robert Smigel on creating The Ambiguously Gay Duo
, The X-Presidents
, and the Fun With Real Audio cartoons for SNL. Sedelmaier personally designed the AGD characters, Ace & Gary. Stuart Hill was his collaborator on the Captain Linger series of interstitials for Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network. JJSP also launched the first and second season of MTV's acclaimed "Beavis and Butthead" series in 1993. and is responsible for developing, producing and directing the "Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law" pilot with Cartoon Network's creators Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter.
As author, Sedelmaier has contributed to numerous articles for Print Magazine and its "Imprint" blog (http://imprint.printmag.com/j-j-sedelmaier/) as well as books by Steven Heller, Spencer Drate, David Levy, Maureen Furniss, and Paul Wells. He has spoken and organized screenings at schools and universities throughout the United States and is a regular presenter at both New York and Chicago ComicCons.
His father is Joe Sedelmaier
, a retired director and producer of TV commercials
.
Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City
Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City is a 1981 animated television special written by Romeo Muller, produced by Muller and Buzz Potamkin, and directed by Hal Silvermintz...
(1981), The Berenstain Bears' Valentine Special (1982), and Berenstain Bears' Littlest Leaguer (1983). Between 1984 and 1990 Sedelmaier worked with R. O. Blechman
R. O. Blechman
R. O. Blechman is an American animator, illustrator, children's-book author, graphic novelist and editorial cartoonist whose work has been the subject of retrospectives at the Museum of Modern Art and other institutions...
at The Ink Tank in New York City. His studio's long form creations, which are often parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
-oriented, include animation for Saturday TV Funhouse on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
, the pilot episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law is an American animated television series comedy created by Williams Street and produced by Cartoon Network Studios that aired on Cartoon Network during its Adult Swim late night programming block. The series' pilot first aired in 2000, and later became a series in...
, the Tek Jansen series for "The Colbert Report", and a series of interstitial cartoons for the USA/NBC live action series, "Psych
Psych
Psych is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks and broadcast on USA Network. It stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills" and impressive detective instincts...
", along with a series of live-action/CGI commercials for Alka-Seltzer
Alka-Seltzer
Alka-Seltzer is an effervescent antacid and pain reliever first marketed by the Dr. Miles Medicine Company. It was developed by Treneer in Elkhart Indiana. Alka-Seltzer is marketed for relief of minor aches, pains, inflammation, fever, headache, heartburn, sour stomach, indigestion, and hangovers,...
resurrecting the classic "Speedy Alka-Seltzer" character. Sedelmaier collaborated with Robert Smigel on creating The Ambiguously Gay Duo
The Ambiguously Gay Duo
The Ambiguously Gay Duo is an American animated comedy sketch that debuted on The Dana Carvey Show before moving to its permanent home on Saturday Night Live. It is created and produced by Robert Smigel and J. J. Sedelmaier as part of the Saturday TV Funhouse series of sketches...
, The X-Presidents
The X-Presidents
The X-Presidents is a NBC/Saturday Night Live Saturday TV Funhouse cartoon created by Robert Smigel and J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc., that features former American Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George Herbert Walker Bush as a superhero team. This recurring sketch...
, and the Fun With Real Audio cartoons for SNL. Sedelmaier personally designed the AGD characters, Ace & Gary. Stuart Hill was his collaborator on the Captain Linger series of interstitials for Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network. JJSP also launched the first and second season of MTV's acclaimed "Beavis and Butthead" series in 1993. and is responsible for developing, producing and directing the "Harvey Birdman Attorney At Law" pilot with Cartoon Network's creators Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter.
As author, Sedelmaier has contributed to numerous articles for Print Magazine and its "Imprint" blog (http://imprint.printmag.com/j-j-sedelmaier/) as well as books by Steven Heller, Spencer Drate, David Levy, Maureen Furniss, and Paul Wells. He has spoken and organized screenings at schools and universities throughout the United States and is a regular presenter at both New York and Chicago ComicCons.
His father is Joe Sedelmaier
Joe Sedelmaier
Joe Sedelmaier is a director and producer of television commercials.Sedelmaier is best recognized as the director of some of television's best known, and most honored commercials through humorous spots like Fed Ex’s "Fast Talking Man" and Wendy’s "Where's the beef?"...
, a retired director and producer of TV commercials
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
.