I always thought eventually they're gonna catch up and they're gonna realize all this stuff is incredibly universal . My name is Jorge Gutierrez and I'm an artist , writer and director . My lady , please help me reunite with the love of my life .
But just making sure if I'm gonna leave a trace of anything that it's good food for people , even if I die and pass on like , it's still gonna do a good thing in people and from street art to moving masterpieces . We're in the studio with L A based Emmy winning animator Jorge Gutierrez . When I first started , I was rejected .
And then this is a poster of Maya and the three as a kid who really wanted to make cartoons , I couldn't look up to other Latino creators because there weren't any examples for me . So I looked at Guillermo Del Toro and I said I want to be the Guillermo Del Toro of cartoons . I am obsessed with Mexican folklore and pop culture .
This is a poster from our movie , The Book of Life . And then this is a poster of Maya and the three as a kid who really wanted to make cartoons , I couldn't look up to other Latino creators because there weren't any examples for me . So I looked at Guillermo Del Toro and I said I want to be the Guillermo Del Toro of cartoons .
It was an idea I wanted to make since film school . And then I was very lucky in that I got to pitch it through Guillermo Toro and he became a producer and I owe the movie to him because with his backing and his support , we got to make the film and it changed my life to see a , a giant , you know , building size billboard of , of our movie in my home town was I just cried like a baby . It was , it was very overwhelming .
