Dev Ross
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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
Ross is a writer in print, animation, and theater,[3] including writing 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.
Ross wrote for several popular shows during the 1990s. These included Land Before Time, Darkwing Duck, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Winnie the Pooh and Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers,[5], Return of Jafar, Monster High, Clifford's Puppy Days,[4] and the Adventures from the Book of Virtues.[4] She helped bring movies characters to television with Aladdin and The Little Mermaid,[3].
Ross is also the author of over a dozen children's books for the popular “We Both Read” series.[6]
Television and animation awards
| 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
- Return of Jafar
- The Land Before Time
- The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
- The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
- The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
- The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water
Performing arts
Before turning to animation, Ross was the Artistic Director of the "Twelfth Night Repertory Company", a tri-city educational theatre and three time Emmy award winning television troupe 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
- ^ BlazinM
- ^ a b c Zoominfo
- ^ a b IMDb Dev Ross
- ^ a b c d TV.com
- ^ Rangerwiki
- ^ Treasure Bay
- ^ IMDb Awards
- ^ IMDb Credits
- ^ Toonzone
- ^ IMDb 1993 Daytime Emmy
- ^ Sitcoms Online
- ^ IMDb 1989 Daytime Emmy
- ^ IMDb
- ^ Humanitas Prize Winners
- ^ IMDB 2002 Daytime Emmy
- ^ Flagstaff Live
- ^ Arizona Daily Sun
- ^ Sedona TV
External links
- Articles created via the Article Wizard
- American entertainment industry businesspeople
- American screenwriters
- American television writers
- American voice actresses
- Animated film writers
- Daytime Emmy Award winners
- Disney Channel
- Living people
- Writers from Los Angeles, California
- Winnie-the-Pooh
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni