Joan Ganz Cooney
Born: 1929-11-30 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Known For: Production
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)
Filmography
2024
- Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage)
2021
2017
- Knife Skills ... (Executive Producer)
2015
2011
2008
- 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)
2006
2005
- 5, Rue Sésame ... (Creator)
1985
- Follow That Bird ... (Executive Producer)
1978
- 1, rue Sésame ... (Creator)
1972
- Vila Sésamo ... (Creator)
1969
- Sesame Street ... (Creator)
- Sesame Street Pitch Reel as Self
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest