Jean Mathieson

Jean Mathieson (born in Toronto) is listed in Colombo's Canadian References as Canada’s first independent, commercial, non National Film Board, woman animator. She switched from the University of Toronto to The Ontario College of Art where in four years she earned her A.O.C.A. After graduation she trained as an animator in Canada’s fledgling animation industry. Subsequently she teamed up with Al Guest and continued to pioneer as the first woman in Canadian animation combining writer, director, and producer.

Profiled in Chatelaine magazine when she worked as lead animator on Rocket Robin Hood, she went on to work at the CBC doing animation for Lorne Michaels and Wayne and Shuster. While at the CBC she did a stint at the National Research Council in Ottawa, pioneering CG animation on their mainframe computer - then the largest computer in Canada. In 1977 she was the presenter of the Animation Award at the Canadian Film Awards. Together with her partner Al Guest, she helped found The Canadian Animation Producers Association with Al Guest the first president and Jean Mathieson the founding secretary.

The pair produced more than 4,000 television commercials, theatrical shorts, television series and sponsored films, winning more than 100 awards. Although known primarily for animation, they have also produced and directed live action commercials with their company in London, England as well as live action TV shows in the U.S. Among their live productions produced in Canada were 130 episodes of The Bonnie Prudden Show (U.S. syndication) and 195 episodes of The Ed Allen Show (U.S. syndication).

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