Jennifer Oxley

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Jennifer Oxley is an American author, illustrator, animator, and television director. She is the executive producer for Wonder Pets: In The City!, Vida the Vet, and Clifford the Big Red Dog (2019) . She is also the co-creator of the PBS series Peg + Cat . She was the director of Wonder Pets! and 3rd & Bird , as well as the animator for the theme song and transitions on Oobi . [1] She won an Emmy Award and a Humanitas Award for her work on the Nick Jr. series Little Bill . [2] [3]

She worked at Little Airplane Productions from 1999 to 2011 as the studio's creative director. [4] While working at Little Airplane, she developed a style of cutout animation called "photo-puppetry," which was used in Oobi, Wonder Pets! and 3rd & Bird. [5] She animated a series of short films titled Linny the Guinea Pig, which became the pilot episodes for the Wonder Pets! series. She directed eight short films that appeared on Sesame Street .

Oxley has also adapted a number of episodes of Wonder Pets! and Blue's Clues into books. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Women Making History in Children's Media". Children's Media Association. 2023. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Who We Are". Little Airplane Productions. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Creators". 3rd & Bird. BBC Worldwide. 2008. Archived from the original on December 21, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.
  4. ↑ Levy, David B. (2006). Your career in animation: how to survive and thrive. Allworth Communications. p. 84. ISBN   978-1-58115-445-0.
  5. ↑ "Animation Solo to Studio".
  6. ↑ "Jennifer Oxley". Simon & Schuster. Archived from the original on April 15, 2009. Retrieved October 1, 2009.


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