Jon Schnepp
Schnepp at the 2012 New York Comic-Con
Born	May 16, 1967 (1967-05-16) United States
Died	July 19, 2018 (2018-07-20)
Occupation(s)	Producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, cinematographer

Jonathan D. "Jon" Schnepp (May 16, 1967 – July 19, 2018) was an American producer, director, voice actor, editor, writer, cartoonist, animator, and cinematographer whose company, Schneppzone, works on short films and television series. His documentary film The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? was met with mostly positive reviews upon its release in 2015. He regularly made appearances on Collider Movie Talk and Collider Nightmares, and hosted Collider Heroes each week.

Schnepp served as animation director for Nickelodeon's What's Inside Heidi's Head?, and as editor on numerous episodes of Cartoon Network's Space Ghost: Coast to Coast. He co-directed the pilot for Upright Citizens Brigade for Comedy Central, and directed segments and the Title Sequence for the series run. He also released "The Removers" and "Brainwarp", two pilots he produced and directed, on DVD by Film Threat. He then went to Brazil, working with Debbie Allen, editing and creating the title sequences for two sitcoms airing in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Schnepp co-created, co-wrote, and directed Nerd Hunter 3004 for the Channel 101 pilot. He also guest stars as the voice on three episodes of the Aqua Teen Hunger Force. In two episodes he voices the Wisdom Cube and in the other he plays The Creature from Plaque Lagoon.

Since 2006, Schnepp has served as director on Metalocalypse, an animated series on Cartoon Network about Dethklok, a chiefly-fictional heavy metal band. As well as directing several episodes per season (the most recent of which aired in 2012), he designed and created the look of the five band members, and works closely with the show's co-creators/writers Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. He directed the 2009 Dethklok Tour with Mastodon, providing an animated accompaniment. Schnepp helped write all four Dethklok comic books, and designed variant cover arts.

Schnepp co-directed Season 4.1 of The Venture Bros. Schnepp was featured in The Damned Things music video for "We've Got A Situation Here".

In 2011, Schnepp directed music videos for the bands I Set My Friends On Fire and Forbidden. In a 2012 Dread Central interview, he spoke of directing an upcoming animated horror film, Grimm Fairy Tales.^[1]

From 2013 to 2015, Schnepp was a regular contributor to AMC Movie Talk on YouTube, an online show dedicated to film news and commentaries.^{[citation needed]} After the series' cancellation by AMC Theatres and subsequent pickup by Collider, Schnepp remained as a regular contributor.

In 2015, Schnepp directed the 2015 documentary film The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?, which documents behind-the-scenes events surrounding the cancelled Tim Burton film Superman Lives.^[2] Partially raised through a successful Kickstarter campaign,^[3] it premiered on May 1, 2015, and was released through VOD on July 9, 2015, to positive reviews.^[4][5][6]

On July 12, 2018, Schnepp suffered a massive stroke that left him under life-support.^[7] He died of complications from a massive stroke a week later on July 19, aged 51.^[8]

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