Joan Ganz Cooney
Producer
November 30, 1929 (96 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 2024 | Jim Henson: Idea Man · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2021 | Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days · as Self |
| 2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2019 | The 42nd Annual Kennedy Center Honors · as Self - Honoree |
| 2015 | In Their Own Words (2015) · as Self - Founder, Children's Television Workshop |
| 2014 | I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story · as SelfOn Plex |
| 2011 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey · as Self |
| 2008 | Pioneers of Television · as Self |
| 2006 | The World According to Sesame Street · as Self |
| 2001 | The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows · as Self |
| 1990 | Intimate Portrait · as Self |
| 1989 | |
| 1987 | Biography · as Self |
| 1984 | Henson's Place · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes · as Self - Creator, Sesame Street (segment: New Kid On The Street) |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show · as Self - GuestOn Plex |
| 1963 | Telescope · as Self |
| 1955 | The Open Mind · as Self |
| 2017 | Knife Skills · as Executive Producer |
| 1993 | Cro · as Executive Producer |
| 1985 | Follow That Bird · as Executive Producer |
| 1980 | 3-2-1 Contact · as Executive Producer |
| 1971 | The Electric Company · as Executive Producer |
| 2006 | The Electric Company (2009) · as Based On The 'the Electric Company' By |
| 1969 | Sesame Street · as Created By |