Douglas Wood (producer)
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Douglas Wood is a writer, director and producer, currently working for the Israeli animation production company, Animation Lab for which he is Head of Creative Affairs. Wood is executive producing Animation Lab's first feature, The Wild Bunch. [1] He has previously served as VP of Feature Animation Development and Production at Turner, Warner Bros. and Universal.[2]
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[edit] History
Douglas Wood was born in Chicago, United States. Wood began his career at The Second City, and formed a comedy duo with Cheryl Rhoads titled The Fine Line.[3] Their vignettes on human relationships entitled, "An Evening with the Fine Line" ran for 9 months in Chicago. Wood and Rhoads were spotted by the William Morris Agency and they soon performed (twice) on The Merv Griffin Show.[4] He has worked as the creative executive for the Annie award winning films The Iron Giant and Cats Don't Dance. While working for Amblin Entertainment, Wood analyzed screenplays for Steven Spielberg where he began his executive career, eventually becoming Director of Animation. [4] He also served as the creative executive for the emmy award winning TV series Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs. [5] Wood is currently executive producing a film entitled "The Wild Bunch" which is the first of 6 films that Animation Lab plans to release over the next 8 years.[1]
[edit] Notable works
[edit] Amblin Entertainment
During his time as Director of Animation at Amblin, Wood helped develop and was the creative executive for the following works:[3]
- Balto
- We’re Back!
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Animaniacs
- A Wish for Wings that Work
- Family Dog
- Fievel's American Tails
- Back to the Future series
[edit] Warner Bros./Turner
Wood worked on the following animations:[3]
- Cats Don’t Dance (Executive)
- Iron Giant (Executive)
- Osmosis Jones (Executive)
- Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico (Screenwriter)
[edit] Disney
Wood was involved with the following projects:[3]
- Little Einsteins (Writer, Creator)
- Jojo’s Circus (Writer, Story Editor)
- Handy Manny (Writer)
- Johnny and the Sprites (Writer)
- Playhouse Disney Live! Stage musical at California Adventure theme park (Writer)
[edit] National Geographic
Wood was involved with the following projects for National Geographic:[3]
- Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies (Creator, TV series)
- When Mama Mirabelle Comes Home (Author, Children's Book)[6]
