Lawrence Jonas

Lawrence Jonas

Animation Producer with Feature and Television Experience

Line Producer / 25 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Producer

Spellbound (2024)

Line Producer

3Below: Tales of Arcadia (2018)

Line Producer

Dragons: Race to the Edge (2015)

Production Manager

Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014)

Line Producer

Trollhunters (2016)

Line Producer

Dragons: Riders of Berk (2012)

Production Manager

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Associate Production Manager

Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Associate Production Manager

Open Season 2 (2008)

Assistant Prouction Manager

Curious George (2006)

Production Assistant

Home on the Range (2004)
Lawrence began his career in animation production at Gracie Films. He had an opportunity to work with the creative team behind THE SIMPSONS and THE CRITIC. Over the next decade, he worked on feature projects at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Universal Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation. After working on HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA and CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2, Larry returned to television to work at DreamWorks Animation. He is currently the Line Producer on DREAMWORKS DRAGONS: RACE TO THE EDGE and the new Guillermo del Toro series TROLLHUNTERS.
Work History

  • Producer

    Sony Pictures Animation

    July 2024 - Present
    Culver City, California, United States

    • Producer on an Animated Feature Film

  • Producer

    Netflix

    June 2020 - March 2024
    Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Executive in Charge of Animated Television/Feature Producer

    Skydance

    May 2018 - June 2020
    Los Angeles, CA

    Producer on "Spellbound" (2023 Feature Release)

  • Line Producer

    DreamWorks Animation

    March 2014 - April 2018
    Glendale, CA

    • Produced Guillermo Del Toro's "3Below" (26 episodes)
    • Produced Guillermo Del Toro's "Trollhunters" (52 episodes)
    • Produced the Netflix series "DreamWorks Dragons: Race to the Edge" (78 episodes)
    • Created and updated budgets, global schedules, production reports and staffing profiles
    • Attended Creative Meetings to discuss notes on scripts and animatics
    • Oversaw crew of 100 Artists, Editors, Modelers and Production staff on three separate series
    • Manage Production Managers, Supervisors, Coordinators and Assistants
    • Approve vendor bids and monthly statements prior to payment
    • Led video conference calls with Animation vendors in China, Taiwan, India and Canada
    • Worked with Directors and department leads to simplify episode complexity and character density
    • Point person for Marketing campaigns, Consumer Products, Human Resources and Casting
    • Supervised the Post Process (Records, Music, Final Mixes and Color Grade Sessions)
    • Recruited and Hired Directors, Artists and Production Staff

  • Line Producer

    DreamWorksTV

    January 2012 - February 2018

  • Production Manager

    DreamWorks Animation

    January 2012 - March 2014
    Glendale, California

    • Created and updated Budgets, Staffing Profiles, Global Schedules and Production Reports for "DreamWorks Dragons: Riders of Berk" & "DreamWorks Dragons: Defenders of Berk" (40 episodes); "Dawn of the Dragon Racers" (DVD Release)
    • Approved vendor bids and monthly statements prior to payment
    • Led video conference calls with Layout/Animation vendors in China, Taiwan and India
    • Worked with directors and department leads to simplify episode complexity and character density
    • Oversaw the Story, Editorial, Art, Layout, Asset, Animation & Lighting departments
    • Managed production supervisors, coordinators and assistants

  • Production Manager/Associate Production Manager

    Sony Pictures Animation

    April 2007 - January 2012

  • Production Manager

    Sony Pictures Animation (Hotel Transylvania & Open Season 2)

    November 2010 - April 2011

    • Setup the Front End Production Pipeline
    • Created and Maintained Production Schedules for Story, Editorial and Vis Dev
    • Generated Man-week Scenarios for Show Producer and Executives
    • Delegated to Department Managers, Coordinators and Assistants

  • Department Production Manager

    The Weinstein Company (Opus Movie)

    May 2006 - December 2006
    Santa Monica, CA

  • Assistant Production Manager

    Universal Pictures (Curious George)

    July 2003 - February 2006
    Universal City, CA

  • Production Assistant

    Walt Disney Animation Studios

    September 2001 - February 2003

  • Production Coordinator/Production Assistant

    Gracie Films

    November 1999 - September 2001
    Culver City, CA
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Education

  • Bachelors of Science in Communications in Motion Picture Production, C

    University of Miami

    1997 - 1999

  • Communications

    Syracuse University

    1995 - 1997