Jean is currently executive producer/showrunner of ever-popular, award-winning animated hit series The Simpsons, where he has worked since the show first launched on Fox in 1989, credited on over 300 Simpsons episodes, winning six Emmys and a Peabody Award for his work on the long-running series. Longtime animation writers and frequent writing partners, AWC award co-recipients Jean and Reiss continue to be prolific within the television animation industry, as well as film and literary worlds, having penned hundreds of hours of award-winning animated programming over the years. For all of that, they are to be congratulated - and made fun of,” said AWC Chair Craig Miller. Less well known are their efforts and involvement in bettering conditions and circumstances for their fellow writers. Everyone knows how much they've contributed to the quality of the animated series they've worked on.
“The talents and abilities of Al Jean and Mike Reiss go without saying. Verrone, who will be on hand to present the award. Presenting this award is a proud testament to the highest achievement in both animation writing and blatant cronyism,” said WGAw President Patric M. “Mike and Al have been have been friends and colleagues of mine for over 25 years, since our childhood playing together in the schoolyard at Harvard. The Animation Writers Caucus (AWC) of the Writers Guild of America, west will present its eighth annual Animation Writing Award for lifetime achievement in the medium to veteran animation writers Al Jean and Michael Reiss at its annual reception held Wednesday, November 9, 2005, at WGAw headquarters in Los Angeles.
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