Scott Kraft is an American television writer and executive producer.

Early life and career

Kraft obtained his Bachelor of Arts from the

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and an MFA from Antioch University. Kraft co-wrote the 1992 action-drama ''The Silencer'' with

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. He co-starred in the film '' For the Moment'' alongside

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, Christianne Hirt and

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, for which he received a

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nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1994.

Career

Kraft has been nominated for 5

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s and has won 2

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. His first Emmy was for his work on the William Joyce/Nelvana/Disney Channel show '' Rolie Polie Olie''—he wrote and/or story edited over 30 episodes of the CGI show—and his second for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for the Nick Jr show "The Fresh Beat Band". Kraft has also written multiple episodes of the Nick Jr. show ''Miss Spider’s Sunny Patch Kids''. He has story edited or written episodes of ''Gerald McBoing Boing'', ''Martin Mystery'', ''Stickin’ Around'', and a feature-length ''Rolie Polie Olie'' special. He was story editor and writer/producer on 26 episodes of William Joyce's ''George Shrinks'' for Nelvana/PBS. He co-wrote the indie feature ''East of A'', which screened at film festivals, including the Seattle Film Fest,

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and

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. Kraft has taught screenwriting at the UCLA Writer's Extension. Kraft partnered with his wife, Nadine Van der Velde, and created the production and development company Popskull Inc. which is responsible for the Nick Jr. live action music show ''The Fresh Beat Band''. Kraft co-created and executive produces''

The Fresh Beat Band ''The Fresh Beat Band'' (originally known as ''The JumpArounds'') is an American live action musical children's television series created by Scott Kraft and Nadine van der Velde for Nickelodeon. The show stars the "Fresh Beats" (Kiki, Shout, M ...

''. He has also co-written and music produced over 60 songs for the show, which first aired on August 24, 2009. Kraft was nominated for a 2012 Daytime Emmy in Outstanding Achievement in Main Title and Graphic Design as director/executive producer of ''The Fresh Beat Band''s season 3 main titles. Scott Kraft was nominated for two 2013 Daytime Emmys in the categories of Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series and Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for his work as executive producer on ''The Fresh Beat Band''. On June 14, 2013, Scott Kraft and The Fresh Beat Band team won a Daytime Emmy for Music Direction and Composition. Scott Kraft is Executive Producer and Story Editor for the

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's show '' PAW Patrol''. PAW Patrol and from 2015 is a writer for Nickelodeon's show TGR (RNB)

References

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