Animation Direction
Sample storyboard frames from Pilot episode
Storyboards by Scott O’Brien.
Disney Animation
The Douglas Furs is an animated series I co-created with Matt Olsen and developed at Disney Television Animation. The show centers around an optimistic handy-bear who lives in a town named Douglas, deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
Concept and Creation: Jesse LeDoux and Matt Olsen | Creative Direction: Jesse LeDoux | Lead Writing: Matt Olsen | Executive Producer: Mike Moon
Sample backgrounds
Background concept art by Ghostshrimp.
Minus the Bear
Official music video for Minus the Bear's ‘Listing’ off their album Infinity Overhead.
Creative Direction: Jesse LeDoux | Music: Minus the Bear | Animation: Six Point Harness | Video+Photography: Super Frog Saves Tokyo
Yo Gabba Gabba
Directed a series of animated segments for award-winning children’s television show on Nick Jr. Animations were used in both broadcast television and live stage show.
Directed a series of animated segments for award-winning children’s television show on Nick Jr. Animations were used in both broadcast television and live stage show.
Hey! Come Out and Play!
Yo Gabba Gabba tasked me to create a kid-friendly animation from an obscure song from the 60’s. I commissioned the band “The Little Ones” to rerecord the song and directed Puny Animation to create the animation. The story follows a central character as he heads outside to make new friends and find adventure.
Official Selection of 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival
Creative Direction: Jesse LeDoux | Music: The Little Ones | Animation: Puny Entertainment | Executive Producer: Scott Shultz and Christian Jacobs
Ride
For the second season, Yo Gabba Gabba asked me to write and direct a story for their Ride episode. The animation revisits the character from Hey, Come Out and Play and follows him on a bike race against his brother and the wrong turn that leads him into an unknown land.
Creative Direction: Jesse LeDoux | Writing: Jesse LeDoux | Animation: Puny Entertainment | Executive Producer: Scott Shultz and Christian Jacobs
The Happiest Tree
For the Yo Gabba Gabba Holiday Special, I directed a story about a tree who dreams of becoming the best Christmas tree ever.
Creative Direction: Jesse LeDoux | Writing: Scott Schultz | Animation: Puny Entertainment | Executive Producer: Scott Shultz and Christian Jacobs
