ED VALENTINE WRITER
www.edvalentine.com MANAGEMENT: Gotham Group, L.A. / UNION MEMBER: Animation Guild; WGA
WRITING FOR TELEVISION:
EMMY WINNER: OUTSTANDING WRITING IN A CHILDREN’S SERIES (Sesame Street, 2013)
EMMY NOMINEE: OUTSTANDING WRITING IN ANIMATION (The Fairly OddParents, 2010)
DREAMWORKS ANIMATION / CLASSIC MEDIA • Writer of original animated one-hour Christmas special White Christmas, based on songs from the Irving Berlin catalog (currently in development for Christmas 2014)
SESAME WORKSHOP • Story Editor for Season 6 of Galli Galli Sim Sim, the Sesame Street / Sesame India co-production • Writer of Sesame Street Muppet ‘street story’ scripts Seasons 43-present • Writer of Elmo in Numberland, a Sesame Street Home Video movie • Writer of interactive Sesame Street Muppet segments for Kinect / Xbox • Writer of “Abby’s Flying Fairy School” cartoons for Sesame Street Seasons 40 and 41 • Writer of 13 Financial Literacy podcasts starring Elmo • Writer of an Ernie and Bert episode for Sesame Street International • Writer of character Tweets (incl. Elmo’s Tweets for the final Space Shuttle Launch, July 2011)
DISNEY JUNIOR • Creator and Writer of original live-action series pilot, Genie Eugene • Staff Writer, Doc McStuffins Season 2 • Writer of Doc McStuffins episodes “Ben-Anna Split” and “Out in the Wild” (Season 1)
DISNEY / MARVEL, DISNEY XD & DISNEY / MARATHON / TF1 (JOINT PRODUCTION) • Writer of two Ultimate SpiderMan episodes and one Marvel’s Avengers Assemble episode • Writer of upcoming Packages From Planet X episode • Writer of 7 episodes of series Rekkit Rabbit
SCHOLASTIC MEDIA • Writer of 3 Season 1 scripts of new preschool series Astroblast
THE HUB • Writer of upcoming Season 1 Transformers: RescueBots episode • Writer of 2 upcoming My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic episodes
NICK JR. • Writer of upcoming Season 3 Bubble Guppies episode
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS FOR PBS • Development and Head Writer for animated series pilot (Mission Blue) • Working with science & educational advisors to develop series, bible, characters for pilot
NICKELODEON TV NETWORK • Staff Writer on Season 7 of Nickelodeon’s The Fairly OddParents • Staff Writer on pilot season of Butch Hartman’s T.U.F.F. Puppy • Comic strip writer for Nickelodeon Magazine
NICKELODEON WRITING FELLOWSHIP • Winner of a Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship, 2007-2008 • Worked with writers and executives on The Fairly OddParents, Ni Hao, Kai-lan, The Naked Brothers Band, and Tak and the Power of Juju
WRITING FOR THE STAGE:
27 PIGS • Staged Readings: Snapple Theater NYC (May ‘13), Shetler Studios, NYC (Oct. ‘11) and Goldberg Theater, NYU (May ‘07) - Directed by Melanie S. Armer; LA Dramatists Guild (June’09) • NYU Dramatic Writing Master’s Thesis Reading – (MFA Thesis Advisor, Marsha Norman)
CARNIVAL OF CURIOSITIES: AN EVENING OF PLAYS BY ED VALENTINE • North Hollywood, CA – Vanguard Theater – June 2011
BETSY ROSS LIES! • Shelby Company Staged Reading in LA – March 2010 • Kennedy Center / ACTF Region II Winner, Full Length Play; Workshop & Staged Reading presented in New Paltz, NY – January 2007 - Director, Gregory Fletcher
SCOUT’S HONOR! (SNIPE HUNT AND BECKY’S BEAVER) • NY International Fringe Festival – August 2007 - Director, Melanie S. Armer
LIZZIE, OR: HATCHET HOUR • Kennedy Center / ACTF Region II Winner, Full Length Play; Workshop & Staged Reading presented in Allentown, PA – January 2005 - Director, Judith Stevens-Ly • Workshop, Adelphi University – Nov., 2005 – Director, Judith Stevens-Ly • Staged Reading at Abington Theater, NYC – March, 2005 - Director, Kim Sharp
VARIOUS ONE-ACT FESTIVALS • North Hollywood, CA – Vanguard Theater –2009 – October 2010 (Snow, A Brightness Over New Jersey, Mrs. B, Theater is the Thing with Tentacles) • En Avant Playwrights, NYC – 2004-2007 (Women Behind the Bush, Women With Wings, Raving) • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge – May, 2006 (The Beautiful, Beautiful Chandelier) • The Bug Theatre, Denver, CO - July, 2003 - Director, Edith Weiss (Women Behind the Bush)
MRS. B • American Globe / Turnip Festival NYC – April 2004 – Director, Peter Bloch • Buffalo Quickies, Buffalo, NY – March 2004 – Director, Joyce Stilson
MONSTER IN THE CLOSET: 3 SHORT, SHARP SHOCKS • SpotlightOn / Chashama Festival, NYC - October, 2003 - Director, Peter Bloch
BUNYAN’S BODY, OR: MINNESOTA - A MUSICAL PLAY • Theater at Monmouth - August, 2001 - Director, Peter Duffy (Staged Reading)
ALICE - A NEW MUSICAL BASED ON “ALICE IN WONDERLAND” • St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s School, NYC - May, 2000 - Director, John Colligan
MAINE: AN AMERICAN GOTHIC IN TWO ACTS • Greenwich House, NYC - June, 1995 - Director, Kathryn Chilson (Staged Reading)
EDUCATION, AWARDS & HONORS o MFA, Goldberg Dept. of Dramatic Writing, Tisch, NYU - received May 2007 o BA in Theatre Arts and English (Double Major) - Boston College - May 1992 o 2013 Daytime Emmy Nominee, Outstanding Writing in Children’s Television, Sesame Street o 2010 Daytime Emmy Nominee, Outstanding Writing in Animation, The Fairly OddParents o Winner, 2007-2008 Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship o Named one of “50 Playwrights to Watch” in The Dramatist (July ’07 issue) o “Excellence in Children’s TV Writing” Award, Tisch School, NYU (May ‘07) o Dramatists Guild Playwriting Fellowship 2003-2004 o Two-Time Winner, Kennedy Center / ACTF Region II Best Full Length Play Award: 2005 & 2007 o Three-Time Winner, Hunter College’s Zarkower Award for Promising New Plays 2001 through 2003 o American Globe/Turnip Festival’s Alan Minieri Playwriting Award (Mrs. B) – 2004