J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. is a design and animation studio started by J. J. Sedelmaier and Patrice Sedelmaier in 1990. It produces both print campaigns and animated films in a variety of styles and techniques. The company's talents are also contracted for creative consultation and speaking presentations.

Although known primarily for their cutting-edge commercial animation, such as Speed Racer, Slim Jim, FootJoy, Hotwire, 7UP, etc... the studio has also been integrally involved with some of the most important ground-breaking animation series work of the past decade. JJSP was the studio entrusted by MTV to animate 120 minutes of the first season of MTV's " Beavis & Butt-Head "; they were responsible for the animation used for the relaunch of " Schoolhouse Rock " for ABC ; and were co-creators, with Robert Smigel, of the " Saturday TV Funhouse " cartoons for NBC's Saturday Night Live.

The studio was the exclusive animation house for the first three seasons of the SNL "Funhouse" films, designing characters and animating such memorable series as " The X-Presidents ", " Fun With Real Audio ", " Animated Outtakes " and " The Ambiguously Gay Duo " (originally designed by J. J. Sedelmaier himself, and created by JJSP and Robert Smigel for the short-lived "Dana Carvey Show").

JJSP developed the pilot episode of "Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law ", with Cartoon Network, that helped initiate the Network's Adult Swim block of cartoons. They also collaborated with Cartoon Network writer Stuart Hill to develop and animate, for Cartoon Network, a series of interstitial shorts based on an ever-present "Captain Linger " super-hero character.

JJSP created all designs and animation for the first season of The Colbert Report's "Tek Jansen" cartoon series.

NBC/USA Network's hit series "Psych", contracted JJSP to develop, design and produce 2 seasons of their interstitial cartoon episodes, "The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus."

As the studio's director and creative force, J. J. Sedelmaier oversees everything that is produced by JJSP. He is known in the industry as an all-around expert on the history of film and cartoons, animation, print art and illustration. His forte is translating print/illustration into film, and over the years has collaborated with many of the country's foremost illustrators and artists, including David Levine, Al Hirschfeld, Garry Trudeau, Alex Ross, Don Martin, Neal Adams, Douglas Fraser, Gary Baseman, and many others.

Equally important has been the ongoing efforts of an incredibly diligent and talented group of J. J. Sedelmaier Productions artists, animators and designers. The unique abilities of the production crew has contributed, over the years, to the studio's extraordinarily diverse and entertaining collection of work.

J. J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. was honored by Shoot Magazine as one of the Top 3 Animation Studios in the Industry, less than two years after opening.

The studio has received over 700 Awards of Recognition from various film and print competitions, with screenings in over 100 festivals in 25 different countries. Top Awards include: the Annie Award (Gold Zoetrope); The New York Art Director's Club (Gold Cubes); Best Educational Film-Annecy Animation Festival; Awards from Promax, BDA, NY Festivals, Mobius, Telly Awards (including Hall of Fame), Gracie Awards, and Worldfest.

In one year alone, JJSP swept the Cel Animation Category at the Broadcast Design Awards, with 5 BDA Pyramids. Several Museums (Guggenheim, Andy Warhol, New York Public Library) have requested JJSP films for their permanent collections. Because of his expertise, J. J. Sedelmaier is frequently asked to contribute to publications, as well as key-note speak and participate in judging of various film and design competitions.

SPEAKING & LECTURING

J. J. Sedelmaier travels extensively to different professional seminars and conferences to share his knowledge, and to participate in industry gatherings. He is a popular speaker and teacher – recent appearances include a keynote presentation at the How Design Conference in Orlando, Florida, sponsored by How Magazine; another keynote presentation at the Technology, Media & Design Conference, in Madison, Wisconsin; and Society of Publication Designers seminars (he has assisted in organizing and participated in discussion panels for three years running).

He regularly guest lectures at a variety of schools, such as: NYU , New York’s School of Visual Arts (both the undergraduate and MFA departments), University of Wisconsin, UCLA, University of Virginia, Savannah College of Art & Design, Detroit's College for Creative Studies, and Maryland Institute College of Art. Presentations on the studio and the art of animation have been provided at many advertising agencies/clients throughout the country. Companies that have made studio visits to the White Plains facility include DDB/NY, FCB/SF, Goodby Silverstein, Georgia-Pacific, Kraft Foods, MTV, McCann, Crispin Porter+Bogusky, Euro/RSCG and Cartoon Network.

Sedelmaier has also done presentations and written articles about graphic design and comics. His articles on Chicago area transit posters have appeared in Print Magazine, and AdsInternational (UK), and he has organized and moderated related panels at the NY and Chicago ComicCons (C2E2).

The reknown Society Of Illustrators invited Sedelmaier to develop a presentation (with Joe Strike moderating) on the translation of print art into film. Key projects definitively demonstrating JJSP's talents were screened, and select original works of reference art done by illustrators/designers/cartoonists were displayed to help explain the various techniques employed in the process. . .