Author: Newsroom
Hollywood, Calif. – December 6, 2018 – Netflix today announced that it has entered into a multi-year overall deal with Chris Nee, the Peabody, Emmy, and Humanitas Prize-winning children’s television screenwriter and producer. Under the deal, Nee will write and produce new animated and live-action series for preschool and all audiences exclusively for Netflix. Additionally, Netflix will have a first-look option on feature film projects from Nee and her production company, Laughing Wild.
Nee is the creator and executive producer of the multiple award-winning animated series Doc McStuffins (Peabody Award, NAACP Awards, multiple Daytime Emmy nominations), which was the first preschool show to feature an animated African American female as the lead character as well as a family led by LGBTQ parents. Nee also developed and executive produced the Emmy-nominated series Vampirina. She began her career as an associate producer at Sesame Street International, where she spent time in countries like Mexico, Finland, Israel, and Jordan, working on their local productions for the award-winning show. She has spent over 20 years championing stories with diverse points of view that have paved the way for underrepresented voices to be heard.
Netflix recently unveiled a robust slate of animated event programming – feature films and original series – in service of kids and families worldwide. Preschool programming is an important part of Netflix’s full-service offering for families. It aims to produce high-quality content with age-appropriate learnings and themes that parents can feel good about sharing with their kids.
“Chris is an absolute master at crafting characters that kids want to spend time with and telling stories that are representative of all different types of families and communities. She is among the very best and most prolific artists working in kids content today and we are so honored that Chris has chosen to make Netflix her creative home.” Melissa Cobb, Vice President of Kids & Family for Netflix
