The four-time Emmy winner also worked with James L. Brooks on 'Broadcast News,' 'Big' and 'Jerry Maguire.' Mendel, an animation producer who won four Emmy Awards for his work on "The Simpsons" and "Rick and Morty." He moved from his gig as a post production supervisor on Fox's "The Tracey Ullman Show" to "The Simpsons" in 1989 when it was spun off as its own series.