American author, screenwriter, and voice actor
Jess Winfield
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Born
| Jesse Morris Borgeson
(
1961-03-08
)
March 8, 1961
(age 63)
Los Angeles County, California
, U.S.
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Occupation
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Years active
| - 1981?2017 (theatre and television)
- 2015?present (magazine editor)
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Spouse
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Sandra Thomson
(
m.
1993)
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Jess Winfield
(born
Jesse Morris Borgeson
; March 8, 1961) is an American
novelist
,
self-help
author
,
television writer
,
voice actor
, and magazine editor who is a founding member of
The Reduced Shakespeare Company
. His books include:
What Would Shakespeare Do
(2000)
[1]
and
My Name Is Will
(2008).
[2]
He wrote for and served as an executive producer of a number of animated television series, including
Teacher's Pet
and
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
. He also served as the voice actor for
Jumba Jookiba
in
the latter series' franchise
in the English versions of the anime
Stitch!
and the Chinese animated series
Stitch & Ai
, the latter being his last animated television work to date.
According to his personal LinkedIn profile, he currently works as a freelance editor for
American Road
magazine.
Theatrical work
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In 1981, Winfield joined writer-performer
Adam Long
and actor
Daniel Singer
to found the
Reduced Shakespeare Company
, a collective dedicated to the writing and performing of Shakespearean
parodies
. In 1987, the Company presented
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
, which became an international hit and, eventually, the longest-running comedy production in London's West End, where it was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy in 1997.
[3]
He contributed to the editing and adapting of
The Complete Works
for publication
[4]
and television performance.
Television
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After departing from The Reduced Shakespeare Company, Winfield served as a writer for the Daytime Emmy Award-winning series
Teacher's Pet
(starring
Nathan Lane
and
Jerry Stiller
). He worked extensively for Disney's
Lilo & Stitch
franchise
, writing the animated features
Stitch! The Movie
and
Leroy & Stitch
(also serving as a dialogue director), executive producing
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
, and voicing
Jumba Jookiba
in the English versions of
Stitch!
and
Stitch & Ai
, taking over the role from
David Ogden Stiers
(who later died in March 2018, the month after
Stitch & Ai
'
s original English version first aired). He has also written scripts for several other television series such as
Mickey Mouse Works
,
All-New Dennis the Menace
,
House of Mouse
,
The Penguins of Madagascar
,
The Legend of Tarzan
,
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
,
101 Dalmatians: The Series
,
The Savage Dragon
,
The Incredible Hulk
and
Hercules
.
Author
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Jess Winfield was born Jess Borgeson, and changed his name to Winfield in 1993 after marrying his wife, Sandra Thomson; his works prior to 1993 are known under this former name. Winfield is the author of
What Would Shakespeare Do
(Ulysses Press, 2000), a self-help book that employs Shakespearean drama as a basis for advice. In 2008, he published the
novel
My Name Is Will
(Twelve/
Hachette Book Group
, 2008). The work uses a historically plausible story of William Shakespeare's
young adulthood
in conjunction with a
comic
modern
plot
to explore themes of
religious persecution
, authorial intent, and
human sexuality
. It has been stated that the modern portion of the novel's plot has been based, in part, on Winfield's years studying Shakespeare in
Santa Cruz
and
Berkeley
.
[5]
Credits
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Television
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Year
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Title
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Writer
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Producer
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Voice actor
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Notes
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1993
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Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Yes
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Episodes: "Big Daddy", "King Coconuts", "The Robots' Robot"
Credited as Jess Borgeson
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The All-New Dennis the Menace
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Yes
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Episode: "Pig Out"
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1994?1996
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Biker Mice from Mars
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Yes
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Ten episodes
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1995
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Action Man
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Yes
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Episodes: "The Outside Edge" and "Space Wars"
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1996
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The Incredible Hulk
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Yes
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Episode: "Raw Power"
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The Savage Dragon
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Yes
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Episode: "Star"
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Beast Wars: Transformers
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Yes
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Episodes: "
Chain of Command
" and "
Double Jeopardy
"
Credited as Jesse Winfield
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1997?1998
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101 Dalmatians: The Series
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Yes
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Episodes: "Two for the Show", "Watch for Falling Idols", "Smoke Detectors", "Lobster Tale", "The Good-Bye Chick", "The Making Of..."
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1998
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Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series
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Yes
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Episodes: "Hercules and the Big Kiss", "...River Styx", "...Hostage Crisis", "...Big Games", "...Falling Stars", "...Twilight of the Gods"
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1999
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Mickey Mouse Works
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Yes
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Episodes 7, 9?12
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2000
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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
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Yes
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Unknown episodes
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2001, 2003
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The Legend of Tarzan
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Yes
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Episodes: "Tarzan and the New Wave", "Tarzan and the Flying Ace" (also teleplay)
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2001?2002
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House of Mouse
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Yes
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Reused cartoons from
Mickey Mouse Works
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2002
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Teacher's Pet
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Yes
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Executive
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Wrote two episodes: "
Double Dog Dare
" and "
A Breed Apart
"
Executive produced season two
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2003?2006
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Lilo & Stitch: The Series
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Yes
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Executive
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Yes
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Wrote one episode: "
Snafu
"
Executive produced all episodes
Provided additional voices in select episodes
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2009?2013, 2014, 2016
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Stitch!
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Co-producer
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Yes
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International re-version of
anime
series
Credited as co-producer for the
first two seasons
and as "reversion consulting producer" in the
third season
English dub voice of
Dr. Jumba Jookiba
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2011
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The Penguins of Madagascar
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Yes
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Episode: "
Operation: Break-speare
"
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2017
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Stitch & Ai
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Yes
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English-language-produced
Chinese animated
series (English version released 2018)
English voice of Dr. Jumba Jookiba
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Film
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Year
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Title
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Writer
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Producer
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Voice actor
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Notes
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2002
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Tarzan & Jane
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Yes
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Film uses "Tarzan and the Flying Ace"
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2003
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Stitch! The Movie
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Voice credit under "With the Voice Talents Of"
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2006
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Leroy & Stitch
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Yes
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Yes
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Also dialogue director
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Stage theater
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References
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- ^
Winfield, Jess (2000).
What Would Shakespeare Do?: Personal Advice from the Bard
. Ulysses Press.
ISBN
1569752257
.
- ^
Winfield, Jess (2008).
My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare
. Twelve.
ISBN
978-0446508858
.
- ^
"Archived copy"
. Archived from
the original
on 2011-07-08
. Retrieved
2008-07-01
.
{{
cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link
)
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Long, Adam; Singer, Daniel; Borgeson, Jess; Winfield, Jess (1996).
The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
. Samuel French.
ISBN
1557832714
.
- ^
"Jess Winfield - About"
.
jesswinfield.com
. Archived from
the original
on July 13, 2011.
External links
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