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Sandra Equihua

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Emmy award winning Sandra Equihua is a Tijuana born artist, designer and voice actress based in the city of Los Angeles. Sandra received her BFA in Graphic Design at Ibero University in Tijuana, Mexico and shortly after branched to character design for animated series and films. She has had the pleasure of working on different projects at Sony, WB, Disney and Nick Jr. In 2007 at Nickelodeon, with her husband Jorge Gutierrez, she created and designed the multiple Emmy award winning animated series, El Tigre, The Adventures of Manny Rivera. In 2014 she and her husband once again collaborated to make the animated feature The Book of Life, produced by Guillermo del Toro for 20th Century Fox. She most recently designed and voiced characters for the new limited series Maya and the Three at Netflix.
BornJanuary 9, 1976
BornJanuary 9, 1976
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    Diego Luna and Zoe Saldaña in The Book of Life (2014)
    The Book of Life
    7.2
    • Scardelita(voice)
    • 2014
    El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007)
    El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Animation Department
    I, Chihuahua!
    I, Chihuahua!
    • Art Department
      Space Punch
      Space Punch
      • Animation Department

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        Animation Department



        • Adventures of the Great Wolf Pack (2023)
          Adventures of the Great Wolf Pack
          6.7
          TV Series
          • additional character design (uncredited)
          • 2023
        • Ogie Banks, Greg Vinciguerra, Xanthe Huynh, Maya Aoki Tuttle, and Brandon Jay in Tales of the Great Wolf Pack (2023)
          Tales of the Great Wolf Pack
          7.5
          TV Mini Series
          • character designer (uncredited)
          • 2023
        • Ogie Banks, Greg Vinciguerra, Xanthe Huynh, Maya Aoki Tuttle, and Brandon Jay in The Great Wolf Pack (2022)
          The Great Wolf Pack
          8.0
          Short
          • additional character designer (uncredited)
          • 2022
        • Gabriel Iglesias, Diego Luna, Zoe Saldaña, Allen Maldonado, and Stephanie Beatriz in Maya and the Three (2021)
          Maya and the Three
          8.0
          TV Mini Series
          • lead character design
          • character designer
          • 2021
        • Son of Jaguar (2017)
          Son of Jaguar
          7.4
          Short
          • Character Designer
          • 2017
        • Guardians of Oz (2015)
          Guardians of Oz
          4.5
          • character design
          • 2015
        • Carmen Got Expelled (2010)
          Carmen Got Expelled
          8.7
          TV Short
          • character designer
          • 2010
        • El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007)
          El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
          6.3
          TV Series
          • character color stylist
          • character designer
          • 2007–2008
        • Grey DeLisle in Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! (2006)
          Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
          6.3
          TV Series
          • character designer
          • 2006–2008
        • Jessica DiCicco in The Buzz on Maggie (2005)
          The Buzz on Maggie
          5.6
          TV Series
          • character designer
          • 2005–2006
        • ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico (2004)
          ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico
          5.7
          Video
          • character designer
          • 2004

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        • Gabriel Iglesias, Diego Luna, Zoe Saldaña, Allen Maldonado, and Stephanie Beatriz in Maya and the Three (2021)
          Maya and the Three
          8.0
          TV Mini Series
          • Creative Consultant
          • 2021
        • El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007)
          El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
          6.3
          TV Series
          • executive producer
          • 2007–2008

        Writer



        • El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007)
          El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
          6.3
          TV Series
          • created by
          • story (creator)
          • 2007–2008
        • El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2008)
          El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
          6.9
          Video Game
          • characters
          • 2008

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        • Born
          • January 9, 1976
          • Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
        • Spouse
          • Jorge R. Gutiérrez2001 - present

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          Appears with husband Jorge Gutierrez in a current commercial for the Microsoft Surface Book notebook, in which the two are seen drawing images from The Book of Life (2014). The ad was targeted to both Anglo and Latino consumers and was released in both an English and Spanish version.
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          • The muse

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