DORIEN DAVIES
Puppetry & VO Agent - DPN Talent, Trish Ryan trish@dpntalent.com
Commercial Agent - Reign Agency, Laura Soohoo laura@reignagency.com
DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER/CONSULTANT, 2016-PRESENT
Creative EP with shows in development with Wise Entertainment/CAA and The Jim Henson Company.
Overseeing and delegating 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 (Voice, puppetry, comedy and dramatic).
Hiring and working with Children’s television, curriculum advisors.
Creative Deck Development.
Management of visuals and overall project aesthetics
Team creation, selecting unique specialized talents for unique projects
Intuitive, child-focused, decision making.
TELEVISION WRITER
Character creation, outlining and scripting multiple episodes in the preschool, 11 minute category.
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
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.