years_active birth_place nationality birth_date article_title name occupation
1956-present los angeles , california , u.s. american c. 1937 jerry eisenberg
 jerry eisenberg animator storyboard artist character designer
jerry eisenberg

jerry eisenberg -lrb- born c. 1937 -rrb- is an american television producer , animator , storyboard artist , and character designer , primarily known for his work at hanna-barbera productions and ruby-spears productions .
eisenberg was the son of harvey eisenberg , an animator and comic book artist associated with `` tom and jerry '' and the other characters from the mgm cartoon studio .
jerry eisenberg quit art school to take his first job , as an inbetweener for mgm , in 1956 .
the studio closed seven months after eisenberg 's hire , and he went on to work as an assistant to ken harris at warner bros. .
cartoons .
in 1961 , eisenberg was hired at hanna-barbera productions , run by former mgm cartoon producers william hanna and joseph barbera .
here , eisenberg co - = created `` the peter potamus show '' , designed the characters on `` wacky races '' and `` super friends '' , and worked in layout on programs such as `` the jetsons '' , `` the huckleberry hound show '' , `` jonny quest '' , and `` wacky races '' .
in 1977 , hanna-barbera alumnae joe ruby and ken spears started their own studio , ruby-spears productions , and hired eisenberg as producer and character designer for `` fangface '' `` the plastic man comedy/adventure show '' , and `` thundarr the barbarian '' .
eisenberg later worked as a writer , storyboard artist , and/or designer and layout artist for a number of productions at various studios , including `` muppet babies '' at marvel productions and `` dilbert '' -lrb- idbox/columbia tri-star television -rrb- .
he has also worked on a number of productions for hanna-barbera and its successor , warner bros. .
animation , including `` johnny bravo '' , `` tom and jerry kids '' , and a number of `` scooby-doo '' direct-to-video films .
