Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney

Nacimiento : 1929-11-30, Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Historia

Joan Ganz Cooney (born Joan Ganz on November 30, 1929) is an American television writer and producer. She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop or CTW), the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame Street, which was also co-created by her. Cooney grew up in Phoenix and earned a B.A. degree in education from the University of Arizona in 1951. After working for the State Department in Washington, D.C. and as a journalist in Phoenix, she worked as a publicist for television and production companies in New York City. In 1961, she became interested in working for educational television, and became a documentary producer for New York's first educational TV station WNET (Channel 13). Many of the programs she produced won local Emmys. (From Wikipedia)

Perfil

Joan Ganz Cooney

Películas

Los amigos del barrio: Cómo llegamos a Barrio Sésamo
Self
Basado en el éxito de ventas homónimo, "Street Gang" explora cómo el creador Joan Ganz Cooney, el director Jon Stone y el legendario creador de marionetas Jim Henson (entre otras figuras importantes) se unieron para crear una serie de televisión para niños que acabaría convirtiéndose en un revolucionario fenómeno cultural. Tras descubrir el poder de este medio para captar la atención de los más pequeños de la casa, estos visionarios decidieron emplear su poder para algo bueno, o lo que es lo mismo: en ofrecer contenidos de aprendizaje y no simples productos de consumo. Más de 50 años después, la serie se ha emitido en más de 150 países de todo el mundo, y sigue entreteniendo al mismo tiempo que educa a las nuevas generaciones.
Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 2 (1974-1979)
Creator
Can you dig it? Sesame Street: Old School Volume 2 picks up right where Volume 1 left off, including all of the grooviest Sesame Street memories from 1974 to 1979! Remember when friends like Don Music, Roosevelt Franklin, Guy Smilty and Fat Blue were on the street? Break out your boogie shoes for far out classics like "What's the Name of That Song?" and "Telephone Rock!" Rediscover the Sesame Street of the 1970s—the place where you learned about letters, numbers, and loveable furry monsters. Catch you on the flip side!
Knife Skills
Executive Producer
Edwin’s Restaurant is determined to become one of America’s top French restaurants, with a staff unlike any other in the country. Brandon Edwin Chrostowski prepares to open his Cleveland, Ohio fine dining establishment with a staff composed nearly entirely of recently released prisoners in search of an opportunity to get their lives back on track. They sign up for a classical French food boot camp to learn the ins and outs of fine wine, sauces, and more.
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
A documentary about Caroll Spinney who has been Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch since 1969. At 78-years-old, he has no intention of stopping.
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Self
En la versión original, Whoopi Goldberg narra la fascinante trayectoria de Kevin Clash, el marionetista de clase trabajadora que terminó dando vida a Elmo.
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Self
When "The Electric Company" made its television debut in October 1971, it was instantly clear that it would fulfill its mission of helping struggling and reluctant readers. With a ground-breaking and diverse cast, clever writing, innovative direction, and an original visual and musical style, the show was so effective that by the end of its first season, nearly a quarter of all US schools were using the show in the classroom. Generations of young people learned to read from the series, making it one of the most important and enduring shows in American television history. "The Electric Company's Greatest Hits and Bits" is a clip-filled celebration featuring many of the series' most popular segments (with Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno and the rest of the multi-talented Electric Company cast), and includes new interviews with cast members Jim Boyd, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant, Tom Lehrer, Rita Moreno, and Joan Rivers, as well as with series creator Joan Ganz Cooney.
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.
Barrio Sésamo: Sigue a ese pájaro
Executive Producer
Oscar, Bert, Ernie, el monstruo de las galletas y otros miembros de la pandilla del Barrio Sésamo se unen a Big Bird en una aventura. Con estrellas invitadas Chevy Chase, Sandra Bernhard, John Candy, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, y Waylon Jennings.