activity ceased. His sister Deborah and I had to make the difficult decision to take him off of life support. There was no possible way for him to recover. Please understand. I spent the last hour of his life with him holding him, laying my head across his massive chest, kissing him, stroking his hair, playing his favorite songs, and telling him over and over again how much I love him. My life has been forever changed by Jon. I feel endlessly grateful to have shared 16 years of laughter, love and incredible adventures together, including the making of a feature film, as well as a television series that I hope to complete and release later this year in his honor. Jon’s mother Miriam, his father David, hisvalued above everything else. Let’s all come together and give Jon Schnepp a moment of loudness. We love you so much.

Schnepp was born on May 16, 1967 and turned his passion for storytelling into a successful career. He was a key creative force in the animated series Metalocalypse, directing multiple episodes in addition to designing and creating the look of the characters, and he also worked the animated series The Venture Bros.

Schnepp made his feature debut by directing the terrific 2015 documentary The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened?, which chronicled the history of Tim Burton’s never-made Superman movie. Schnepp interviewed various key creatives involved in the making (and un-making) of that film, from Kevin Smith to Burton himself, and his tact and skills as a filmmaker led