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]