Josh Selig

Joshua Selig (born May 12, 1964) is an American television producer and director. He is the founder of Little Airplane Productions, a television studio headquartered in New York City.^[2] He has won ten Daytime Emmy Awards for his work as a writer on Sesame Street.^[3]

Biography

Josh Selig was born on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.^[4] He began his career as a child actor on Sesame Street during its first two seasons.^[5][6] As a teenager, Selig attended Sarah Lawrence College, where he studied theater and poetry.^[7] He returned to Sesame Street in 1988 as a writer.^[8] He also worked on the Israeli-Palestinian^[9] and Polish^[10] adaptations of the show during the 1990s.^[11] In 1998, he conceived the idea for Little Airplane Productions.^[12] The company was initially a joint effort between Selig and Lori Sherman.^[13] Until 2006, the studio's works were solely live-action, including Oobi and a short film titled The Time-Out Chair. Written and directed by Selig, the film premiered at the 2003 Tribeca Film Festival^[14][15] and was later acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.^[16][17][18]

Selig created Go, Baby! in 2004 as a series of interstitials for Playhouse Disney.^[19] In 2005, he directed two pilots for the Wonder Pets! series along with Jennifer Oxley.^[20] The show premiered in the United States on March 3, 2006.^[21][22] Wonder Pets! merchandise brought in enough revenue for Selig to open new studios in London and Abu Dhabi, established in 2007.^[23] Josh Selig's first international co-production, 3rd & Bird, debuted on CBeebies in June 2008.^[24] He continued to produce short-form series throughout the 2010s. Small Potatoes, commissioned by Disney Junior, spawned a television movie that Selig directed in 2013.^[25] In the same year, he pitched a pilot titled The Jo B. & G. Raff Show! to Amazon Studios, which was not picked up.^[26][27] He is currently the creator and executive producer of Disney's P. King Duckling and of the South Korean series Super Wings.^[28][29]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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