Jymn has been working in the animation business for over forty years. He was born in Detroit, Michigan and got his start with the newly-formed TV animation department at Walt Disney Productions in 1984, where he functioned as the senior creative manager for nearly a decade.
He spent 17 years at Walt Disney Studios, first producing children’s records, then later moving to Disney Television Animation. He created, story edited, and wrote on such shows as Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears, DuckTales, Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, Quack Pack and The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. In 1993 he began a freelance career, writing and story editing for numerous studios. His TV and film projects include A Goofy Movie, Make Way for Noddy, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Casper Meets Wendy, Archie’s Weird Mysteries and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series.
He also wrote three of the episodes for Sitting Ducks: “Feather Island/King of the Bongos”, “Holding Pen 13/Daredevill Ducks” and “Iced Duck/Duck Footed. While working at MGM Animation he worked as writer on MGM Sing Along Videos, The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue and Tom Sawyer.
After creating and developing several #1 shows for Disney, Jymn moved on to the freelance world where he continues to work for numerous studios in Hollywood and around the world. He also writes for ads, stage, books, and comics.
Jymn was also a producer and creative consultant on Titanic: The Legend Goes On and the script editor on the first chapter of the 2022 indie game BROK the InvestiGator.
Jymn has won two Primetime Emmy Awards and received multiple Daytime Emmy and Grammy nominations for his work in children’s and animated television.