Jim Duffy : All About Jim

JIM DUFFY was born in the USA and grew up in London UK. He has been involved in the production of around 400 half-hours of animated TV series, commercials, and National Coal Board Safety Films as a director, animator, producer, writer, tracer/painter, storyboard artist, and/or designer. He has directed 3 shows nominated for Humanitas awards, two of which won. He's also been awarded 3 Emmys out of 15 nominations. His personal films have been shown at festivals in Oberhausen, Tours, Nyon, Lucca, Bilboa, Zagreb, and Annecy. He has been privileged to be involved in projects with Charles Eames, Jimmy Murakami, Fred Wolf, John Halas, George Dunning, Bill Sewell, Steve Bosustow, Bill Melendez, Stan Lee, Fred Crippen, Charles Swenson, Barbara Ann Duffy and Vera Duffy.

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Jim passed away in the early morning hours of 24 March 2012, his ex-wife and all his children with him.
The following are some very nice obituaries about our beloved dad.

Variety
Big Cartoon Data Base
Cartoon Brew
Animation Magazine

	THE ADVENTURES OF CHICO AND GUAPO	8 HALF HOURS - MTV Flash Animation Series Co-directed all aspects of production from script record through final post production
	ALL GROWN UP	65 HALF HOURS - NICKELODEON Creative Producer / Supervising Director / Director Directed all aspects of production from script record through final post production
	RUGRATS	10 SEASONS - NICKELODEON Creative Producer / Supervising Director / Director / Storyboard artist Directed all aspects of production from script record through final post production, personally directing more episodes than any other director.
	IMMIGRANTS	6 HALF HOURS – SPIKE TV Creative Producer / Supervising Director / Director Directed all aspects of production from script record through final post production
	AS TOLD BY GINGER	PILOT - NICKELODEON Creative Producer / Director Directed all aspects of production from script record through final post production
	ROCKET POWER	4 SEASONS - NICKELODEON Creative Producer / Superiving Director / Director Directed all aspects of production from script record through final post production
	AAHHH! REAL MONSTERS	4 SEASONS - NICKELODEON Creative Producer / Supervising Director / Director Directed all aspects of production from script record through final post production
	CAPTAIN PLANET	2 SEASONS Creative producer / Supervising Director / Director /Storyboard revisionist / Slugged Storyboards. Directed all aspects of production from script record through final post production.
	GHOSTBUSTERS	VARIOUS EPISODES Slugged storyboards.
	TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES	VARIOUS EPISODES Sheet timer and lip assignment
	DIRK NIBLICK - MATH BRIGADE	VARIOUS EPISODES Animator
	VISIONARIES	13 EPISODES Creative Producer / Supervising Director / Storyboard Revisionist / Slugger Directed all aspects of production from script record through final post production.
	JEM	VARIOUS EPISODES OF FIRST 2 SEASONS Creative Producer / Supervising Director / Director / Storyboard revisionist / Slugged storyboards. Directed all aspets of production from script record through final post production.
	GI JOE	5-PART MINI SERIES AND 2 SEASONS Creative Producer / Supervising Director / Director / Storyboard Revisionist ./ Slugged Storyboards. Called retakes and supervised final editing
	SMURFS	VARIOUS EPISODES Animator