Douglas Wood is an author, writer, actor, creative executive, director and producer. He has been a VP of Animation Development and Production for

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at Amblin Entertainment, Turner Pictures, Warner Bros. and

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Career Biography

Douglas Wood was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States where he acted in productions at The Next Theatre Company,

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, Victory Gardens Theater, The Forum Theatre and The Second City among others. He studied acting at Illinois State University and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Wood formed a comedy duo with Cheryl Rhoads entitled The Fine Line, playing comedy clubs and theaters in Chicago and later L.A., including The Improv and

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The Fine Line's vignettes on human relationships, entitled "An Evening with the Fine Line", ran for nine months in Chicago at the Ruth Page Theater. Upon arriving in L.A., Wood and Rhoads were spotted and signed by the William Morris Agency and they soon performed (twice) on '' The Merv Griffin Show''.Prairieden interview with Douglas Wood
This led to Wood becoming a series regular and staff writer on the NBC variety series, ''The Motown Revue Starring Smokey Robinson''. Wood has worked as the creative executive for the

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winning films ''

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'' and '' Cats Don't Dance''. He also served as the creative executive for the

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winning TV series '' Tiny Toon Adventures'' and '' Animaniacs''. Wood has created two successful animated television series: '' Little Einsteins'' for Disney and ''

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(for which he also authored the children's book, ''When Mama Mirabelle Comes Home''.) In addition to his work for Disney, he has written television shows for children at Apple TV+ where he also served as Showrunner/Executive Producer on ''Duck & Goose'', Nickelodeon, Discovery Kids, the BBC, Fremantle Media, Netflix, Cirque du Soleil, Mattel, DHX and more. ''Molly of Denali,'' a PBS series on which Wood was Story Editor, won a Peabody Award. In 2011, Wood directed, produced (with Jennifer Clymer) and wrote (with Maureen Kelly) live-action short
''Hi, Lillian''
which starred veteran actor,

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, an improv student of Wood's at the

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Fund. The film won the Audience Award for Best Short at three film festivals:

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'15, Prescott Film Festival 2012, and the 12th Annual Valley Film Festival. Wood also won an award for Best Emerging Filmmaker at the Prescott Film Festival. ''Hi, Lillian'' was an Official Selection at the AWEsome Film Festival in San Jose, CA, the Reel Recovery Festivals in L.A., NY, American Independent Film Festival, the Legacy Film Festival in San Francisco and the Seoul International Senior Film Festival in Seoul, Korea. In 2013 Wood wrote, directed and executive produced the short film
Entanglement
', which received a Best Short Award at the Independent Film Quarterly Film Festival in 2014. The film also won an Award of Merit from the Best Shorts Competition, 2014 and was an Official Selection at the

Festival in Hollywood and the First Glance Festival - L.A. In 2020, Wood authored the novel, ''Ladies of the Canyon'', a psychological thriller, published by Prospective Press. At the

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, Wood volunteered his services for ten years instructing senior citizens on the craft of Improvisation. He also conducts customized improvisation workshops for pros and non-pros, small businesses, corporations and schools.

Notable works

Apple TV+

Duck & Goose (Showrunner/Executive Producer)

Prospective Press

Author of psychological thriller, ''Ladies of the Canyon''

PBS Kids

* ''Molly of Denali'' (Story Editor, Writer)

Amblin Entertainment

During his time as an executive at Amblin, Wood helped develop and was the creative executive for the following works: * Balto * We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story * Tiny Toon Adventures * Animaniacs *

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* Family Dog * Fievel's American Tails * Back to the Future: The Animated Series

Warner Bros./Turner

Wood worked on the following animations: * Cats Don't Dance (Executive) * Iron Giant (Executive) * Osmosis Jones (Executive) *

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(Screenwriter)

Disney

Wood was involved with the following projects: * Little Einsteins (Writer, Developer) *

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(Writer, Story Editor) *

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(Writer) * Johnny and the Sprites (Writer) * Playhouse Disney Live! Stage musical at California Adventure theme park, Disney World and Disney Paris. (Writer)

Nickelodeon

* Zack & Quack (Writer, multiple episodes)

National Geographic

Wood was involved with the following projects for

: *

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NBCUniversal/Kids Sprout

Chloe's Closet ''Chloe's Closet'' is an animated children's series produced by MoonScoop Entertainment and Telegael Teoranta. The series is mainly aimed for children ages 2 to 7 years old. The show premiered in the United States on PBS Kids Sprout on July 12 ...

(Writer) * Floogals! (Head Writer and Co-Creator)

Discovery Kids

* Toddworld (Writer)

Skechers Entertainment

* Twinkle Toes (Writer, animated DVD feature)

BBC and Fremantle Media Enterprises

* Tree Fu Tom (Head Writer and Co-Developer, animated series)

The Hub

* Secret Millionaires Club (Writer)

HIT Entertainment

* Bob the Builder (Writer)

Amazon

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(Writer, multiple episodes) Winner of Annie Award, Best Preschool Series; Winner of thirteen Emmy Awards including Outstanding Preschool Children's Animated Series.

Netflix/Cirque Du Soleil

* Luna Petunia (Writer, multiple episodes)

Mattel, Inc./DHX

* Bob the Builder (Head Writer)

Netflix/7ate9

* Wonderoos (Story Editor, Writer)

Miscellaneous

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet ''The Prophet'' (full title ''Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet'') is a 2014 animated drama film adapted from Kahlil Gibran's 1923 book of the same name. Produced by Salma Hayek, whose voice is also present, the production consisted of different direc ...

(Contributed dialogue to animated feature directed by Roger Allers starring the voices of Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek and John Krasinski)

Awards

"Molly of Denali"

* Peabody Award

"Hi, Lillian"

* Best Short - Dances with Films Festival * Best Short - Valley Film Festival * Best Short - Prescott Film Festival * Best Emerging Filmmaker - Prescott Film Festival * Official Selection - AWEsome Film Festival, San Jose * Official Selection - Reel Recovery Film Festival, NY * Official Selection - Reel Recovery Film Festival, L?A * Official Selection - American Independent Film Festival, LA * Official Selection - United Film Festival, LA * Official Selection - Legacy Film Festival on Aging, San Francisco * Official Selection - Greeley Film Festival on Aging, Colorado * Official Selection - Seoul International Senior Film Festival

"Entanglement"

* Best Short - Independent Quarterly Film Festival * Award of Merit - Best Shorts Competition * Official Selection - Dances With Films Festival * Official Selection - Polish Film Festival

Acting

* “Best Actor in a Revue” Joseph Jefferson Award for “An Evening with the Fine Line” at the Ruth Page Theatre in Chicago * “Best Actor” Dramalogue Award for “An Evening with the Fine Line” at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.

References

External links

*
www.writewoodink.com
*https://www.amazon.com/Ladies-Canyon-Douglas-Wood/dp/1635160006 *https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ladies-of-the-canyon-douglas-wood/1137472210?ean=9781635160000 *https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55072602-ladies-of-the-canyon *https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglas-wood-1b69a17/ *https://deadline.com/2019/07/netflix-new-preschool-series-dreamworks-dragons-rescue-riders-2019-2020-slate-1202650368/ *https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/live-action-doc-leaps-to-animation-1117986665/?jwsource=cl *https://www.jpost.com/Jerusalem-Report/Animating-Jerusalems-Center-Extract *https://www.awn.com/animationworld/israeli-animation-raising-expectations *http://www.topangamessenger.com/story_detail.php?SectionID=3&ArticleID=1746 *https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/apple-tv-summer-kids-slate-introduces-duck-goose-fresh-peanuts/ *https://www.awn.com/news/apple-tv-announces-summer-animation-slate
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