Josh Selig

Josh Selig
Born	Josh Selig 1964 New York City, New York, U.S.
Education	Sarah Lawrence College[1]
Occupation	Television director, producer, writer
Website	http://www.littleairplane.com

Josh Selig is an American television producer and director. He is the founder of Little Airplane Productions, a television studio headquartered in New York City.^[2] He has won ten Daytime Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on Sesame Street.^[3]

Biography

Josh Selig was born on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.^[4] He began his career as a child actor on Sesame Street during its first two seasons.^[5][6] As a teenager, Selig attended Sarah Lawrence College, where he studied theater and poetry.^[7] He returned to Sesame Street in 1988 as a writer.^[8] He also worked on the Israeli-Palestinian^[9] and Polish^[10] adaptations of the show during the 1990s.^[11] In 1998, he conceived the idea for Little Airplane Productions.^[12] The company was initially a joint effort between Selig and Lori Sherman.^[13] Until 2006, the studio's works were solely live-action, including Oobi and a short film titled The Time-Out Chair. Written and directed by Selig, the film premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival^[14][15] and was later acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.^[16][17][18]

Selig created Go, Baby! in 2004 as a series of interstitials for Playhouse Disney.^[19] In 2005, he directed two pilots for the Wonder Pets! series along with Jennifer Oxley.^[20] The show premiered in the United States on March 3, 2006.^[21][22] Wonder Pets! merchandise brought in enough revenue for Selig to open new studios in London and Abu Dhabi, established in 2007.^[23] Josh Selig's first international co-production, 3rd & Bird, debuted on CBeebies in June 2008.^[24] He continued to produce short-form series throughout the 2010s. Small Potatoes, commissioned by Disney Junior, spawned a television movie that Selig directed in 2013.^[25] In the same year, he pitched a pilot titled The Jo B. & G. Raff Show! to Amazon Studios, which was not picked up.^[26][27] He is currently the executive producer of Disney's P. King Duckling and of the South Korean series Super Wings.^[28][29]

Filmography

Year	Title	Credit(s)	Ref.
1969–1971 1988–1999	Sesame Street	Child actor (1969–1971) Writer (1988–1999)	[30]
1999–2000	Little Bill	Head writer	[31]
2000–2007	Oobi	Creator Executive producer Director (full-length episodes)	[32]
2003	The Time-Out Chair	Writer Director	[33]
2004	Go, Baby!	Creator	[34]
2006	Tarzan: The Musical	Animation director (Son of Man segment)	[35]
2006–2013	Wonder Pets!	Creator Writer Developer	[36]
2008–2010	3rd & Bird	Creator Executive producer	[37]
2010	Tobi!	Creator	[38]
	The Olive Branch	Creator Writer	[39]
2011	Small Potatoes	Creator Executive producer	[40]
2013–present	The Adventures of Napkin Man	Creator Executive producer	[41]
2013	Meet the Small Potatoes	Creator Writer Director	[25]
2013–2014	Sing It, Laurie!	Creator Executive producer	[42]
2014	Domo Rock!	Writer Director	[43]
	The Jo B. & G. Raff Show! (Amazon Studios pilot)	Creator Writer	[44]
2015–present	Super Wings	Executive producer	[45]
2016–present	P. King Duckling	Creator Executive producer	[46]

Awards and nominations

Year	Presenter	Category/Award	Work	Status	Ref.
1990	17th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Children's Series (shared with other writers)	Sesame Street	Won	[47]
1991	18th Daytime Emmy Awards				[48]
1992	19th Daytime Emmy Awards				[49]
1993	20th Daytime Emmy Awards			Nominated	[50]
1994	21st Daytime Emmy Awards			Won	[51]
1995	22nd Daytime Emmy Awards				[52]
1996	23rd Daytime Emmy Awards			Nominated	[53]
1997	24th Daytime Emmy Awards				[54]
1998	25th Daytime Emmy Awards			Won	[55]
1999	26th Daytime Emmy Awards				[56]
2000	27th Daytime Emmy Awards			Nominated	[57]
2001	Parents' Choice Foundation	Television Gold Award	Oobi	Won	[58]
	Coalition for Quality Children's Media	Kids First Endorsement Award			[59]
		Best Children's Film or Video		Nominated	[60]
	28th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing for a Children's Series (shared with other writers)	Sesame Street	Won	[61]
2002	29th Daytime Emmy Awards				[62]
2003	30th Daytime Emmy Awards				[63]
2004	Humanitas	Humanitas Prize for Children's Animation	Little Bill		[64]
	Parents' Choice Foundation	Television Silver Honor	Oobi		[65]
2008	Crain Communications	Crain's Small Business Award	N/A		[66]
2009	NHK Japan Prize	Best TV Series	Wonder Pets!		[67]
	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation	Innovation Award	Oobi		[68]
2010	2010 Gracie Awards	Outstanding Children/Adolescent Animated Program	Wonder Pets!		[69]
	BAMkids Film Festival	Best Short Film for Ages 2–5	Small Potatoes		[70]
2012	39th Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition	Wonder Pets!		[71]
2014	41st Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program		Nominated	[72]
		Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition
2015	3rd Canadian Screen Awards	Best Pre-School Program or Series	The Adventures of Napkin Man	Won	[73]

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