Peter Sauder

Peter Sauder is a Canadian film and TV writer, television producer and animator best known for his contributions to Nelvana franchises such as Care Bears (whose three movies he wrote), Babar , Strawberry Shortcake and Star Wars: Droids . Peter, who is originally from Toronto, wrote the first ever story for another hit Nelvana series, Franklin . He is sometimes credited as Pete Sauder.

Sauder also served as head writer for the first season (1983–84) of DiC's Inspector Gadget (the first season was co-produced with Nelvana), as well as Disney Channel/CBC's live-action series The Edison Twins . In the late 1990s, he was story editor for the animated television programs Rolie Polie Olie and Donkey Kong Country .

Sauder started his career working as animator on A Cosmic Christmas , Romie-0 and Julie-8 , Intergalactic Thanksgiving and Easter Fever .

Among his later projects are Lunar Jim , The Doodlebops , The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! and Doki .

Screenwriting credits

Television

• Inspector Gadget (1983) (series head writer) ^[1]
• The Get Along Gang (1984)
• The Edison Twins (1984)
• Star Wars: Droids (1985–1986) (series head writer)
• The Care Bears Family (1986–1987) ^[2]
• My Pet Monster (1987) (series head writer)
• Beetlejuice (1989)
• Babar (1989–1991) ^[3]
• Little Rosey (1990)
• Rupert (1991–1992)
• Dog City (1992–1994) (series head writer)
• Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993–1994, 1999) (series head writer)
• The Neverending Story (1995) (series head writer)
• Blazing Dragons (1996) (series head writer)
• Donkey Kong Country (1997) (series head writer)
• Franklin (1997, 2002)
• Rolie Polie Olie (1998)
• George Shrinks (2000)
• Zeroman (2004)
• The Doodlebops (2007)
• Busytown Mysteries (2007–2010)
• Best Ed (2009)
• The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! (2010)
• Kid vs. Kat (2010)
• Justin Time (2011)
• Doki (2013, 2015)

Film

• Strawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise (1983)
• Rock & Rule (1983) ^[4]
• Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name (1984)
• The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine (1984)
• The Care Bears Movie (1985)
• Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins (1985)
• Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986)
• The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (1987)
• Babar: The Movie (1989)
• Babar: King of the Elephants (1999)

References

1. Browning, J.E.; Picart, C.J. (2014). Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 105. ISBN   978-0-7864-6201-8 . Retrieved August 28, 2024.
2. Halliwell, L.; Walker, J. (1994). Halliwell's Film Guide. Halliwell's: The Movies That Matter. HarperPerennial. ISBN   978-0-06-273318-4 . Retrieved August 28, 2024.
3. Perlmutter, D. (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 53. ISBN   978-1-5381-0374-6 . Retrieved August 28, 2024.
4. Willis, D.C. (1984). Horror and Science Fiction Films III. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Scarecrow Press. p. 227. ISBN   978-0-8108-1723-4 . Retrieved August 28, 2024.

External links

• Peter Sauder at IMDb