
I picked up
Tom & Jerry Tales: Vol 4 on DVD recently and was pleasantly surprised that
Spike Brandt and
Tony Cervone directed an entire episode that consists of
3 cartoons.
"Don't Bring Your Pet to School Day",
"Cat Show Catastrophe" and
"The Cat Whisperer" are very well directed.

Since both Spike and Tony like to take a
hands-on approach to their cartoon direction, they were both responsible for the
storyboards, the
character designs and the
prop designs.

I'm glad that these two
cartoonists are involved with the new show since they were directors for
2 other recent Tom & Jerry projects,
"The Karate Guard" and
"A Nutcracker Tale".

They have been primarly Warner Bros Animation directors going all the way back to
1996's Space Jam. They also developed the
Duck Dodgers television series and directed the first Baby Looney Tunes' cartoon
"Little Go Beep" featuring Baby Roadrunner and Baby Coyote. Too bad they had nothing to do with the television series....

I hear that both directors have been working on more and more episodes of Tom & Jerry Tales and I hope those make it to DVD eventually, since that's the only way I see the show.

Enjoy an
Animator's Director Reel which I found on MySpace posted by Tony Cervone himself!
Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone's Director's Reel