Jim Jinkins

James "Jim" Jinkins (born August 8, 1953) is an American animator and creator of the animated Doug television series which was later the basis for a feature film. He is a 1975 graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Jinkins was born on August 8, 1953 and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. After graduating from Lipscomb University, he attended graduate school at Ohio State University to study animation and filmaking. One of his first ... more

James "Jim" Jinkins (born August 8, 1953) is an American animator and creator of the animated Doug television series which was later the basis for a feature film. He is a 1975 graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Jinkins was born on August 8, 1953 and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. After graduating from Lipscomb University, he attended graduate school at Ohio State University to study animation and filmaking. One of his first animation jobs was for the Children's Television Workshop's PBS program, Square One Television. Jinkins worked in advertising, creating TV commercials and promotions featuring a young boy and a dog, which would become the main characters of his major creation. Jim had developed Doug Funnie through doodles during a time of the early days of his career. Doug and his dog Porkchop would star in a popular children's book, "Doug got a new pair of shoes", which evolved into an animated cartoon series. He sold the Doug pilot to Nickelodeon. The pilot... less