Douglas Wood (writer)

Douglas Wood is a writer, creative executive, director and producer. From 2005-2009 at the feature animation studio, Animation Lab, Wood was Head of Creative Affairs then director and executive producer on its 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]

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 has created two successful animated television series: Little Einsteins for Disney and Mama Mirabelle's Home Movies for National Geographic (for which he also authored the children's book, When Mama Mirabelle Comes Home. At the Motion Picture and Television Fund he volunteers his services instructing senior citizens on the craft of Improvisation. He is also the founder of The Artists' Playground in which he offers creativity workshops for people in all walks of life. At www.WriteWoodScreenplayConsulting.com he offers screenplay consulting services to both new and experienced screenwriters.

Notable works

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! A Dinosaur's Story
• Tiny Toon Adventures
• Animaniacs
• A Wish For Wings That Work
• Family Dog
• Fievel's American Tails
• Back to the Future: The Animated Series

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)

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, Disney World and Disney Paris. (Writer)

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]

Discovery Kids

• Toddworld (Writer)

Skechers Entertainment

Twinkle Toes (Writer, animated DVD feature)

BBC and Fremantle Media Enterprises

Tree Fu Tom (Head Writer, animated TV series)

See also

• Animation
• Second Life

References

1. ^ Hollywoord reporter - Israeli studio sows ani 'Bunch'. Accessed on: July 23, 2008
2. ^ Post magazine - Animation Lab Launches
3. ^ ^{a b c d e} Write Wood Bio
4. ^ ^{a b} Prairieden interview with Douglas Wood
5. ^ AWN - Animation Lab to Produce First CGI Feature in Israel.
6. ^ Amazon.com When Mamameriabelle Comes Home page

External links

• Douglas Wood at the Internet Movie Database

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