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DORIEN DAVIES

doriendavies@gmail.com

Puppetry & VO Agent - DPN Talent, Trish Ryan trish@dpntalent.com

Commercial Agent - Reign Agency, Laura Soohoo laura@reignagency.com

DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER/CONSULTANT, 2016-PRESENT

  • Co-Creator, Executive Producer working with companies like PBS & The Jim Henson Company.

  • Responsible for character creation, pitch deck creation, outlining, scripting, fundraising and sales.

  • Management of visuals and overall project aesthetics like set, prop and puppet construction with a concentrated focus in practical puppetry, ergonomic prop manipulation, CGI and RC.

  • Extensive experience in casting and working with talent.

  • Hiring and collaborating children’s television curriculum advisors

  • Team creation, selecting unique specialized talents for unique projects 

  • Intuitive, child-focused, decision making.

TELEVISION WRITER

  • Character creation, outlining and scripting both 1/2 hour and 11 minute programs.

  • Pitching and collaborating on show ideas in a writer’s room.

  • Collaborating with numerous writing partners.

  • Creating show pitch decks from the ground up.

  • Pitching to studios, networks and streaming services.

  • Producing scripts like;

ACTOR/PUPPETEER

  • Link to detailed Resume

  • Established (SAG/AFTRA) actor, voice actor and puppeteer specializing in children’s programming. 

  • Principal puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company

  • Improviser and sketch comedian.

  • Employed by the Jim Henson Company, Disney, Netflix, Discovery Plus, Showtime, STX.

  • Performed in over 300 episodes of children’s television including one of the most viewed television shows on Netflix, globally.

  • Please see IMDB for complete list of credits, imdb.me/doriendavies

WRITER

  • “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” Mad Libs, 2022

  • “Gender Reveal Party,” Mad Libs, 2021, 

  • “Baby Shower Mad Libs,” 2022

  • “Worst Laid Plans,” Essayist, Abrams Publishing

  • Staff Writer, live sketch comedy “Fries On The Side,” 2005-2010

EDUCATION/TRAINING

  • BA, Magna Cum Laude, Mount Holyoke College

  • Groundlings Theater, Sketch Writing

  • Substantial Improv and sketch training

  •  including Groundlings, UCB and Puppet Up.

VOLUNTEERING

  • Acting Chair of the El Marino Language School Garden/Nutrition Program.  Prepare, plant and maintain a seven box school farm/garden.  Build and teach age appropriate nutrition/garden curriculums to all 930 students.  Manage 20+ volunteers.  Feed garden-fresh vegetables to entire school body.

  • Liaison to the CCUSD’s Environmental Sustainability Committee. Oversee a team of volunteers to enact sustainable changes to El Marino Language school and CCUSD with a focus on food services, recycling and composting.

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