Writing for Children's Animation Archives

Cassie Palmisano

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Cassie Palmisano

Cassie Palmisano is a producer, writer, and director. She has worked for studios including Warner Brothers, Lionsgate, Paramount Studios, and Netflix in different capacities. Notable projects include ABC’s The Rookie, Netflix’s Dear White People, and upcoming trans film Again Again. She also works as a voice director for animation and English dubbing and has directed more than a hundred hours of international content including Netflix projects like The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders, Race to the Summit, Love is Blind Brazil, Love Village, and more. Her work as a producer includes short film God’s Editor and feature film Silent Thunder, which was featured at the Newport Film Festival and Beverly Hills Film Festival. Her upcoming producing credits include feature films Birdy and Chili Cheese Fires. [continue reading…]

Cody Stickels

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Cody Stickels

An optimist with clinical depression, Cody Stickels (he/they) is a writer who creates character-driven work that celebrates uniqueness and encourages imagination, usually by involving some sort of spaceship or a 60s-inspired monster with a pink bouffant-wig and a penchant for maniacal laughter. Growing up in a neurodivergent household made him an odd guy but in a good way. His parents, liberal Democrats in small-town Texas, instilled in him an outlook on life that encourages seeking common ground, embracing differences, and approaching challenges with an open heart and mind… and possibly a plasma blaster, but only for emergencies. [continue reading…]

Rae Greenhoe

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Rae Greenhoe

Rae Greenhoe (Any/All) (Genderfluid) is an LA based screenwriter, script doctor, puppeteer, and Director of Development for Legacy Pictures. [continue reading…]

Sabrina Mansfield

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Sabrina Mansfield

Sabrina Mansfield is an award-winning director, writer, and producer. She has directed commercials, music videos, multi-cam sitcoms, a reality show, more than 20 shorts, and a feature. As a writer, her brand is kids TV. Her voice can be described simply as: If Norman Lear wrote kids shows. Through comedy, she highlights stories about the working-class, people of color, environmental justice, and racial equality. Mansfield has a particular love for kids’ TV because of her experiences as a foster/adopt mom in LA County for the past 12 years, including many kids/teens who have been placed under “Intensive Treatment Foster Care.” Because of this, she has spent a lot of time thinking about children’s social & emotional development and how to help kids recover from trauma and deal with adversity. [continue reading…]

Stephan Collins-Stepney

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Stephan Collins-Stepney

Stephan Collins-Stepney (He/They) is a screenwriter and playwright who holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing for the Stage and Screen from Queens University of Charlotte. His original play Freedom and one-person Black history play, B.A.D. (Black And Defiant), were in the ‘Best Bets’ category at the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington, D.C. Collins-Stepney’s play Williams & Walker: The Legacy of Two Real Men was featured at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, N.C. Their play Omar’s Best Friend was performed for Arkansas Tobacco Control. Collins-Stepney participated in The 48 Hour Film Project Chicago as a screenwriter for the film short The Winning Number and wrote the screenplay for the film short The Groundskeeper for the independent production company JayisBack productions. Collins-Stepney also wrote and produced a one-woman Black history play If I’m Lyin’, I’m Flyin’: The Story of Bessie Coleman. His pilot, “Shorty Doo-Wop, Esquire is a finalist for The Script Lab’s Screenwriting Competition and was in the top 18 percent of all projects on Coverfly in 2023. One of his plays was a finalist in the 2023 Morgan-Wixson Theatre New Works Festival. They are also a 2024 Kidscreen Diverse Voices Mentee and a Loreen Arbus Fellow for the Screenwriting Lab at Athena Film Festival. [continue reading…]

Writing for Children’s Animation

Cassie Palmisano

RespectAbility Entertainment Professionals Lab 2024

Cody Stickels

RespectAbility Entertainment Professionals Lab 2024

Rae Greenhoe

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Sabrina Mansfield

RespectAbility Entertainment Professionals Lab 2024

Stephan Collins-Stepney

RespectAbility Entertainment Professionals Lab 2024