Ray Favata

 Ray   Favata  ( b . 1 9 2 4 ) is a New York  - base d animator who produce d & directed the  Billy Joe Jive  series for  SESAME STREET . He also directed insert s about the danger s of cross in g the street a lone & tooth paste.

Favata began his animation career at the commercial studio Tempo Product ion s. He was late r recruited by Gene Deitch to Terry toon s, as part of an attempt to revitalize the studio with more stylize d , modern design s. Favata directed the industrial film  Depth   Study  ( with character design s by Cliff Robert s  ) & story boarded other project s. More recently, he worked on the series  Doug .