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Dev Ross is an award winning screenwriter, children's book author, performer,[1] director, and producer in theater, film, and television industries.

Photo of award winning screenwriter, producer, director, performer, children's author Dev Ross, circa 2005, from her personal collection.

Writing credits

Dev Ross, who was graduated from UCLA[2] in 1974, has been writing for adults and children prior to 1983.[3] Including writing hit films and television for Disney,[4] ABC, FOX KIDS, Universal Cartoon Studios, Cartoon Network, TLC, The Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon, Mattel, the Web, and PBS.[4] Ross served two years as a story analyst for film production companies and then became a staff writer at Disney Studios where she also served as a voice director and "story doctor." Ross also taught digital screenwriting in South Korean universities on both the Graduate and Undergraduate levels and at the Samsung Corporation in Seoul in 2007.

Dev Ross wrote on the most popular shows during the 1990's, whose characters were household names and familiar icons. These included dinosaurs from "Land Before Time", Donald Duck's relatives from "Darkwing Duck", animals with Irish brogues from "Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks", familiar personalities from "Winnie the Pooh" and "Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers",[5] and new ones on shows like "Return of Jafar", "Monster High", "Clifford's Puppy Days",[4] and the "Adventures from the Book of Virtues".[4] Even familiar characters from movies made it to television with Dev's screenwriting on "Aladdin: TV Series" and "Little Mermaid: TV Series",[3] and more.

Ross is also the author of over a dozen children's books for the popular “We Both Read” series.[6]

Television: Animated series credits

Show Title Credit Role Air Date Season:
Episode		 Channel
Adventures from the Book of Virtues Patience Writer Writer September 29, 1998 S 3:Ep 1 PBS
Adventures from the Book of Virtues Moderation Writer Writer January 1, 1998 S 3:Ep 6 PBS
Aladdin Snowman is an Island Story Story November 2, 1994 S 1:Ep 38 Disney Channel
Aladdin Opposites Detract Writer Writer October 12, 1994 S 1:Ep 28 Disney Channel
Bonkers The Greatest Story Never Told Writer Writer February 7, 1994 S 3:Ep 19 PBS
Bonkers The Stork Exchange Writer Writer March 14, 1993 S 4:Ep 3 PBS
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Zipper Come Home Writer Writer September 10, 1990 S 2:Ep 46 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Gorilla My Dreams Writer Writer May 1, 1990 S 2:Ep 38 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Out of Scale Voice director Voice director February 8, 1989 S 2:Ep 37 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers It’s a Bird, It’s Insane, It’s Dale! Writer Writer December 22, 1989 S 2:Ep 34 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Double O’ Chipmunk Voice director Voice director December 20, 1989 S 2:Ep 32 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Weather or Not Writer Writer November 22, 1989 S 2:Ep 27 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Chocolate Chips Writer Writer November 20, 1989 S 2:Ep 25 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Normie’s Science Project Voice director Voice director November 14, 1989 S 2:Ep 21 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Throw Mummy from the Train Writer Writer October 18, 1989 S 2:Ep 15 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers A Case of Stageblight Writer Writer October 16, 1989 S 2:Ep 13 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers A Case of Stageblight Voice director Voice director October 16, 1989 S 2:Ep 13 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Fake Me to Your Leader Voice director Voice director October 12, 1989 S 2:Ep 11 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers An Elephant Never Suspects Voice director Voice director October 11, 1989 S 2:Ep 10 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Battle of the Bulge Writer Writer October 9, 1989 S 2:Ep 8 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Battle of the Bulge Voice director Voice director October 9, 1989 S 2:Ep 8 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers The Luck Stops Here Voice director Voice director October 6, 1989 S 2:Ep 7 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Bearing Up Baby Guest Star Jeremy’s Mother May 14, 1989 S 1:Ep 13 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Adventures in Squirrelsitting Writer Writer April 9, 1989 S 1:Ep 8 Disney Channel
Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers Dale Beside Himself Writer Writer March 12, 1989 S 1:Ep 3 Disney Channel
Clifford's Puppy Days The Big, Big Present/Hanukah Plunder Blunder Writer Writer December 21, 2005 S 2:Ep 7 PBS
Clifford's Puppy Days Celebrating Spring/Garden Delights Writer Writer September 16, 2005 S 2:Ep 5 PBS
Clifford's Puppy Days Puppy Dog Power/Extra! Extra! Writer Writer September 14, 2005 S 2:Ep 3 PBS
Clifford's Puppy Days Oh, Brother/Up, Up & Oops Writer Writer September 10, 2004 S 1:Ep 20 PBS
Clifford's Puppy Days Hoop Dreams/Doggie Duds Writer Writer February 18, 2004 S 1:Ep 13 PBS
Clifford's Puppy Days Clifford’s Field Trip/Helping Paws Writer Writer December 10, 2003 S 1:Ep 7 PBS
Clifford's Puppy Days Friends of All Ages/Clifford’s Super Sleepover Writer Writer November 26, 2003 S 1:Ep 6 PBS
Clifford's Puppy Days Sock It To Me/My Toy Writer Writer November 19, 2003 S 1:Ep 5 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) Led Astray/Wedding Bell Blues Writer Writer February 19, 2003 S 2:Ep 23 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) A Big Help/The Trouble with Kittens Writer Writer February 18, 2003 S 2:Ep 22 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) Princess Cleo/Basketball Stories Writer Writer September 18, 2002 S 2:Ep 10 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) Clifford Cleans His Room/Baby Makes Four Writer Writer October 24, 2001 S 1:Ep 34 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) Doggie Garden/Captain Birdwell’s Treasure Writer Writer October 3, 2001 S 1:Ep 31 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) Babysitter Blues/Saturday Morning Writer Writer July 16, 2001 S 1:Ep 28 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) The Kibble Crook/Screaming for Ice Cream Writer Writer July 12, 2001 S 1:Ep 26 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) Clothes Don’t Make the Dog/Short Changed Writer Writer July 11, 2001 S 1:Ep 25 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) Little Clifford/Welcome to Birdwell Island Writer Writer September 19, 2000 S 1:Ep 12 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) A New Friend/Stormy Weather Writer Writer September 13, 2000 S 1:Ep 8 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) The Great Race/Tummy Trouble Writer Writer September 8, 2000 S 1:Ep 5 PBS
Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) And Birdy Makes Three/Home is Where the Fun is Writer Writer March 29, 2000 S 1:Ep 3 PBS
Darkwing Duck Extinct Possibility Writer Writer December 5, 1992 S 3:Ep 13 ABC
Darkwing Duck The Steerminator Writer Writer October 10, 1992 S 3:Ep 13 ABC
Darkwing Duck The Quiverwing Quack Writer Writer December 2, 1991 S 1:Ep 61 Disney Afternoon
Darkwing Duck U. F. Foe Writer Writer November 28, 1991 S 1:Ep 59 Disney Afternoon
Darkwing Duck The Haunting of Mr. Banana Brain Writer Writer November 25, 1991 S 1:Ep 56 Disney Afternoon
Darkwing Duck The Darkwing Squad Writer Writer November 21, 1991 S 1:Ep 54 Disney Afternoon
Darkwing Duck Time and Punishment Writer Writer November 19, 1991 S 1:Ep 52 Disney Afternoon
Darkwing Duck Up, Up, and Awry Writer Writer October 24, 1991 S 1:Ep 34 Disney Afternoon
Darkwing Duck All’s Fahrenheit in Love and War Writer Writer October 14, 1991 S 1:Ep 28 Disney Afternoon
Darkwing Duck Fungus Amongus Writer Writer September 28, 1991 S 2:Ep 4 ABC
Darkwing Duck Trading Faces Writer Writer September 24, 1991 S 1:Ep 14 Disney Afternoon
Darkwing Duck Water Way to Go Writer Writer September 18, 1991 S 1:Ep 10 Disney Afternoon
Darkwing Duck Apes of Wrath Writer Writer September 12, 1991 S 1:Ep 6 Disney Afternoon
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks Mind Your Manners Writer Writer January 16, 2007 S 4:Ep 10 PBS
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks For Whom the Bell Trolls Writer Writer February 15, 2004 S 2:Ep 7 PBS
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks Milk Melodrama Writer Writer January 18, 2004 S 2:Ep 3 PBS
The Little Mermaid Save the Whale Writer Writer October 2, 1993 S 2:Ep 3 Disney Channel
Talespin Last Horizons Writer Writer October 16, 1990 S 1:Ep 29 Disney Channel
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh The Wishing Bear Story Story October 22, 1988 S 1:Ep 10 ABC
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh How Much is that Rabbit in the Window? Teleplay Teleplay December 10, 1988 S 1:Ep 16 ABC
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Cleanliness is Next to Impossible teleplay teleplay October 1, 1988 S 1:Ep 6 ABC
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Donkey for a Day Story Story September 10, 1988 S 1:Ep 2 ABC
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh There’s No Camp Like Home Teleplay Teleplay September 10, 1988 S 1:Ep 3 ABC

Television and animation awards

Prior to 2013, include:

Award Nomination/
Win		 Award Category Show Title Credit Date Channel/
Distributor
Action in Children’s Television (ACT) Win Excellence in Television Writing The Great American Hero Show Writer September 10, 1992 PBS
Annie[7] Win Best Animated Home Video Release Return of Jafar Writer [8] May 20, 1994 Walt Disney Home Video
Daytime Emmy[9] Nomination Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program[10] Raw Toonage[11] Writer May 22, 1993 CBS
Daytime Emmy Win Outstanding Animated Program[12] New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh[13] Writer June 24, 1989 ABC
Humanitas[14] Win Excellence in Screenwriting Balto II: Wolf Quest[15] Writer February 19, 2002 Universal Cartoon Studios

Straight to video releases

Performing arts

Before turning to animation, Ross was the Artistic Director of the Emmy Award winning "Twelfth Night Repertory Company", a tri-city educational theatre and three time Emmy award winning television troop from 1980-1982 where she was a writer, director, and performer.[2] Ross wrote and directed more than 70 plays for TNRC and Educational Theater Company, before leaving the schools. She even created a "synthesis of movement, text and sound", for which the schools became noted.[citation needed]

Prior to 2013, Ross's Theatrical awards include:

  • Drama Logue Award for Best New Musical Play, Westwood Playhouse - "Once Upon a Genesis"[2]

As of 2013, Ross is the creator and head writer of her own original web show called "The Rocks."[16][17][18]

References

  1. ^ BlazinM
  2. ^ a b c Zoominfo
  3. ^ a b IMDb Dev Ross
  4. ^ a b c d TV.com
  5. ^ Rangerwiki
  6. ^ Treasure Bay
  7. ^ IMDb Awards
  8. ^ IMDb Credits
  9. ^ Toonzone
  10. ^ IMDb 1993 Daytime Emmy
  11. ^ Sitcoms Online
  12. ^ IMDb 1989 Daytime Emmy
  13. ^ IMDb
  14. ^ Humanitas Prize Winners
  15. ^ IMDB 2002 Daytime Emmy
  16. ^ Flagstaff Live
  17. ^ Arizona Daily Sun
  18. ^ Sedona TV


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