Known For
Production
Born
Nov 30, 1929
Place of Birth
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Credits
21 titles
Joan Ganz Cooney
Biography
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)
Known For
Filmography
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self
Knife Skills
Executive Producer
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Self
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
Self
Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 1 (1969-1974)
Creator
Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 3 (1979-1984)
Creator
Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 2 (1974-1979)
Creator
The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits
Self
5, Rue Sésame
Creator
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
Self (uncredited)
Follow That Bird
Executive Producer
Television
1, rue Sésame
Creator
Vila Sésamo
Creator
Sesame Street
Creator
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Plaza Sésamo
Creator
Takalani Sesame
Creator