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Dev Ross is a screenwriter, children's book author, performer,[1] director, and producer in theater, film, and television industries.[2]

Writing credits

Dev Ross is an acclaimed writer in print, animation, and theater.[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 1990s, 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 and The Little Mermaid,[3] and more.

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

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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