J. G. Quintel

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J. G. Quintel
BFA)
Occupations
  • Animator
  • storyboard artist
  • director
  • writer
  • producer
  • voice actor
Years active2003–present
Known forRegular Show
Close Enough
Spouse
Cassia Streb
​
​
(m. 2010)​

James Garland Quintel is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, writer, producer, and voice actor. He is best known as the creator of the

HBO Max series Close Enough
(2020–2022), in which he voiced Josh.

Quintel was formerly the creative director for

Emmy Award for Outstanding Short-format Animated Program category
for Regular Show.

Early life and education

James Garland Quintel was born in

surreal comedy shows such as The League of Gentlemen, The Office, and The Mighty Boosh, which would later inspire Quintel's work.[2]

Quintel often played the video game

flip books.[2][3] He also worked at a movie theater and at "a lot of minimum wage jobs",[4] just as Mordecai and Rigby work for minimum wage at a park in Regular Show.[1] In May 2000, he was nominated as a 12th grade California academic all-star from Hanford High.[5]

After high school, Quintel attended the

Emmy Award-winning Cartoon Network series Adventure Time
.

During the fall of Quintel's fourth year at CalArts, The Naive Man from Lolliland won both the Producers Choice Award (an

Hanford Sentinel, noted Quintel's success at the 2005 Nicktoons Film Festival as being one of 2005's moments from a memorable year.[8] In December 2005, Quintel graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a BFA degree in character animation.[9]

Career

After graduating, Quintel passed a test and began working as a storyboard revisionist for Cartoon Network's

slackers are left alone to run a convenience store/gas station on Halloween night, where candy filled with drugs creates a mini-nightmare.[12] Quintel later used some of these 2 in the AM PM characters in Regular Show.[1]

In 2008, Quintel

Outstanding Short-format Animated Program category as executive producer and creator of Regular Show.[18] However, his Regular Show series was beat out for the award by the ABC animated special, Disney Prep & Landing: Operation Secret Santa.[19]

By March 2012, Quintel was directing a crew of about 35 to develop each episode of Regular Show, which takes about nine months to go from idea to final product.[3][20] Quintel has most recently worked for Cartoon Network Studios in Burbank, California developing episodes for Regular Show and provided his real voice to the 23-year-old blue jay Regular Show character Mordecai.[3] In commenting on his voice acting, Quintel noted how he has an easy-going nature and never yells in real life, so he had to learn how to yell as the Mordecai character.[1]

Following Regular Show's conclusion in January 2017, Quintel announced the creation of

HBO Max
, that would feature original exclusive content.

Personal life

Quintel married Cassia Streb in 2010.[22]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Writer Producer Storyboard Artist Actor Role Notes
2005 The Naive Man from Lolliland Yes Yes Yes Yes No Short film[6]
2006 2 in the AM PM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Gas Station Employee #1 Short film[11]
2008 Horton Hears a Who! No No No Yes No Additional storyboard artist
2015 Regular Show: The Movie Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Mordecai, High Five Ghost Executive producer

Television

Year Title Creator Director Writer Executive Producer Storyboard Artist Actor Role Notes
2004 Star Wars: Clone Wars No No No No Yes No Apprentice storyboard revisionist
2005–2008 Camp Lazlo No Yes Yes No Yes No Storyboard revisionist[2]
2008 Phineas and Ferb No No Yes No Yes No Episode: "Jerk De Soleil"
2008–2010 The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack No Yes Yes No Yes No Creative director, story
2010, 2017 Adventure Time No No Yes No Yes Yes Blue Jay Wrote and storyboarded: "Ocean of Fear"
Voice: "Ketchup"
2010–2017 Regular Show Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Mordecai, High Five Ghost, Additional Voices [1]
2012 Hall of Game Awards No No No No No Yes Mordecai
2016 The Amazing World of Gumball No No No No No Yes Mordecai, High Five Ghost Episode: "The Boredom"
2020–2022 Close Enough Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Josh, himself

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2005 Nicktoons Film Festival Producers Choice Award[7] The Naive Man from Lolliland Won
2005 Nicktoons Film Festival Student Animator Award The Naive Man from Lolliland Won
2010
Annie Award
 Directing in a Television Production[15] The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack: Candy Casanova Nominated
2011
Emmy Award
Outstanding Short-format Animated Program[18]
 Regular Show: Mordecai and the Rigbys Nominated
2012
Emmy Award
Outstanding Short-format Animated Program[23]
 Regular Show: Eggscellent Won
2013
Emmy Award
Outstanding Short-format Animated Program
 Regular Show: A Bunch of Full Grown Geese Nominated
Emmy Award
Outstanding Animated Program
 Regular Show: The Christmas Special Nominated
2014
Emmy Award
Outstanding Short-format Animated Program
 Regular Show: The Last LaserDisc Player Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i TheBasementCouch (October 16, 2011). "NYCC 2011: Regular Show Interview w/ J. G. Quintel, Sam Marin, and William Salyers". The Basement Couch. youtube.com. Retrieved March 8, 2012.[dead YouTube link]
  2. ^
    Hanford Sentinel
    . Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d e Bentley, Rick (October 30, 2011). "Hanford High's JG Quintel has cartoon career". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  4. ^ MoniqueJ (September 12, 2010). ""Dude, we're 23 years old! We can't keep busting holes in walls!": The interview with "Regular Show"'s JG Quintel". Monique Blog. Archived from the original on October 11, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  5. Fresno Bee
    . May 21, 2000. p. A18.
  6. ^ a b c d "French filmmaker wins Nicktoons top prize". UPI Entertainment News. September 12, 2005. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  7. ^
    Market Wire
    . September 12, 2005. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  8. Hanford Sentinel
    . Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  9. ^ a b Baisley, Sarah (May 23, 2006). "Judges Set for 3rd Annual Nicktoons Network Animation Festival". Animation World Network. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  10. ^ DeMott, Rick (July 10, 2006). "Nicktoons Hits The Road On Cross-Country Mobile Tour". AWN News. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  11. ^
    The Hartford Courant
    . p. 16. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  12. Gambit Weekly
    . Vol. 28, no. 40. October 2, 2007. p. S1. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  13. ^
    Variety (Daily)
    . p. 3. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  14. ^ Hibberd, James (August 14, 2009). "Cartoon drafts a pair of comedies". The Hollywood Reporter. Vol. 411, no. 4. p. 3. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  15. ^ a b "ASIFA Annie Awards & Nominations 2010". Tea time news from around the world. B4Tea.com. January 8, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  16. ^ Anna Robinson (February 7, 2010). "2010 Annie Awards nominations: Dec. 1, 2009, winners: Feb. 6, 2010". Alt Film Guide. altfg.com. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  17. New York Times
    . Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  18. ^ a b Bentley, Rick (September 8, 2011). "KGPE launches new Sunday NFL show". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  19. ^ Bentley, Rick (September 14, 2011). "KFRE to air high school HD football". The Fresno Bee. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  20. ^ "Cartoon Network Brings the Funny to WonderCon 2012". Action Figure Insider. actionfigureinsider.com. March 8, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  21. ^ "TBS Orders Toon Series from 'Regular Show' Creator & Comedy from the Dress up Gang Trio". May 17, 2017.
  22. ^ "MRS Quintel".
  23. ^ Regular Show | Emmys.com

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