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Susan Miller is an American television and film producer, digital media producer, book packager and licensing executive with a special focus in family entertainment. She is the founder of Mixed Media Group, Inc., which is a firm specializing in the development, production and licensing of a range of intellectual properties.
Susan Miller is President of Cupcake Digital Inc., a firm known for creating digital interactive story apps that include educational aspects and adhere to the Common Core State Standards Initiative. With three modes of reading along with professional narration and learning games, the Cupcake Digital apps bring legacy characters to life and teach kids learning concepts such as recognizing words and sounds. [1]
She is also the co-founder of Bolder Media, Inc., which focuses on the development of media for young children. She is the co-executive producer of the hit Nick Jr. cartoon series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! [2]
Miller was the co-producer of the Miramax feature film, Ella Enchanted starring Anne Hathaway. [3] The New York Times described the film as "one of the best films for older children in quite some time." [4]
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! airs in over 100 countries on major broadcasters including Disney Junior, Nickelodeon UK, Nickelodeon Australia, ABC Australia, Super RTL, Discovery Kids Latin America, Cartoon Network, Treehole TV and others. Wubdzy has received an Emmy, Telly and KidScreen Award for Best Television Movie, Wubb Idol starring Beyoncé. [5]
Since 1996 Miller has represented designer and author Sandra Magsamen. [6] In 2008, Walmart became the licensing partner for the "From the Studio of Sandra Magsamen" and "Wishes and Kisses" brands. [7]
Miller has also enjoyed success in the book market where she has put together many multimillion-dollar publishing programs with an array of clients and properties including Meredith Corporation, Time, Inc., Scholastic, HarperCollins, Viacom, Marvel, The Mrs. Fields Cookie Corp., World Champion figure skater Michelle Kwan and actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. Miller's first book project, The Mrs. Fields Cookie Book, was a New York Times bestseller. Will Smith's book, Just the Two of Us, was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Best Children's Book of the Year. [8] Russell the Sheep and Splat the Cat are New York Times bestsellers published by HarperCollins and translated around the world.
Prior to launching her own company in 1994, Miller was a Vice President of Consumer Products Licensing at Warner Bros. – She brought the Shari Lewis's LambChop and Friends television property to Warner Bros. and is credited as the architect of the multinational licensing and consumer products program. She also managed corporate and trademark licensing programs for Pillsbury, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Kids, The Mrs. Fields Cookie Corp., Pizza Hut, Burger King and 7Up. Miller has held sales and marketing positions with Xerox Corp., Colgate-Palmolive and American Express.
She holds a B.S. from Cornell and an M.B.A. from New York University. She is an invited speaker at University of Michigan Ross School of Business, NYU Stern Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, Licensing Show, KidScreen Summit, New York Women in Film and Television, and Association of American Publishers.
Reading Rainbow is an American educational children's television series that originally aired on PBS and afterwards PBS Kids and PBS Kids Go! from July 11, 1983 to November 10, 2006, with reruns continuing to air until August 28, 2009. 155 30-minute episodes were produced over 21 seasons. Before its official premiere, the show aired for test audiences in the Nebraska and Buffalo, New York markets.
Frederator Studios is an American animation television production studio which is a division of Frederator Networks, Inc. It was founded by Fred Seibert in 1997 with its first series launching in 1998. The studio focuses primarily on artists who write their own shorts, series, and movies. Their slogan is "Original Cartoons since 1998." The studio has locations in New York City, where Frederator Digital is based, and Burbank, California.
Michael Hirsh is a Belgian-born Canadian producer. He has been a significant figure in the Canadian television industry, or more specifically children's programming, since the 1980s. Some of his most known productions include Committed, Blaster's Universe, Clone High, Franklin, Rolie Polie Olie, Johnny Test, Arthur, Caillou, Will and Dewitt, Spider Riders, World of Quest, Magi-Nation, Strawberry Shortcake's Berry Bitty Adventures, Strawberry Shortcake, and The Magic School Bus.
Lara Jill Miller is an American actress and voice actress. She plays Samantha "Sam" Kanisky on the 1980s sitcom Gimme a Break! and as Kathy on The Amanda Show.
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! is an American children's educational Flash animated television series created by Bob Boyle. The series was produced by Bolder Media and Starz Media in association with Film Roman, and it was animated by Bardel Entertainment using both Toon Boom and Adobe Flash software. Boyle submitted his original concept as a book to Frederator Studios, the lead creative partner in Bolder Media. After more than 6000 children's book concepts were reviewed, his submission was selected for development into an animated series for preschoolers. Bob Boyle, Susan Miller, Mark Warner, and Fred Seibert served as executive producers.
Bolder Media was an American production company owned by Frederator Studios and Mixed Media Group.
Suzanne Collins is an American television writer and author. She is known as the author of the book series The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games.
The Adventures of Paddington Bear is a French and Canadian animated children's television series. It is based on the book Paddington Bear by Michael Bond and was written by Bruce Robb. It was produced by CINAR Corporation and Protecrea, in co-production with Canal J and with the participation of Teletoon, TF1, and ITV. The show was first aired in 1997 with final episode's airing in 2000.
The ceremony for the 34th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation in 2006, was held on February 11, 2007, at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California.
Sandra Magsamen is an American author, artist, art therapist, and designer. She has published over 60 children's books with publishers Scholastic, Sourcebooks and Little Brown and has worked with national department stores, mid-tier, specialty and mass market through her national lifestyle brands From the Studio of Sandra Magsamen, Messages from the Heart, Wishes & Kisses and Treasured to design custom collections. Magsamen has proudly partnered with retailers such as Walmart, JCPenney, Hallmark, Studio-e-fabrics, Bamboozle Homewares and 1-800-Flowers.
Sandra Equihua is a Mexican animator, painter, sculptor, character designer, voice actress, and illustrator.
John W. Hyde is a veteran producer whose credits span feature film, television, and animation. Hyde is married to Kate Morris Hyde and lives in both Los Angeles and Badger, California.
Wubbzy's Big Movie! is a 2008 American animated comedy anthology film based on the Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! television series. It premiered on the Starz Kids & Family channel on August 29, 2008. The film was produced by Starz Media and Bolder Media in association with Film Roman and distributed by Starz Distribution.
Six Point Harness (6PH) is an animation studio based in Los Angeles that develops and produces animated television programming, feature films, commercial, music videos and web-based content. Founded by Brendan Burch in 2003, some of the studio's most notable productions include Tom Hanks' Electric City, Fox's Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, MTV's Good Vibes, Nick Jr.'s Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Nickelodeon's El Tigre, the animated feature The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!, and the web series Dick Figures for the YouTube channel Mondo Media. 6PH also released Dick Figures: The Movie, an in-house production developed from the company's web series.
Events in 1970 in animation.
Ella the Elephant is a Canadian animated television preschool series based on the books by Carmela D' Amico & Steven Henry. The series was produced by DHX Cookie Jar Inc., in association with TVOKids and FremantleMedia Kids and Family Entertainment, with animation provided by Atomic Cartoons, with the series' funding provided by The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit and The Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit. The series' completion guarantee was provided by Film Finances Canada Ltd.
Ella Aiko Anderson is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress, starring as Piper Hart on the Nickelodeon television series Henry Danger, and is also known for playing the role of Rachel Rawlings in the 2016 comedy adventure film The Boss.