Mitchell Kriegman
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Mitchell Kriegman (born June 4, 1952) is an American television writer, director, producer, consultant, story editor, and author.
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Born | (1952-06-04) June 4, 1952 (age 71) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Bennington College |
Occupation(s) | Television writer, director, producer, consultant, story editor, author |
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He is the creator of Clarissa Explains It All (1991) for Nickelodeon, Bear in the Big Blue House (1997) and The Book of Pooh (2001) for Disney Channel and It's a Big Big World (2006) for PBS.[1] Kriegman holds patents for a method of hybrid animation, known as Shadowmation, which combines high-definition virtual-environments with puppets and animatronics, composited and rendered in real time. The production technique was implemented in The Book of Pooh and It's a Big Big World.[2]
Kriegman's first novel was Being Audrey Hepburn (2014). A second novel, Things I Can't Explain, is a reimagining of the protagonist in the Clarissa Explains It All television series, in her twenties, published in November 2015.