Willems told Goodman that it was a 'great fit because the kind of films I wanted to make were very close to

Willems eventually landed a job in the research department at the Children's Television Workshop, where he was eventually hired as an animator for Sesame Street. 'It got into a couple of festivals, got shown around, and that's how I found other work.' A stipend from the founders of Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation allowed the filmmakers to create Iddy Biddy Beat Boy, another acclaimed short film. 'That was my calling card for many years,' he admitted to Goodman. Willems made what he considers his first 'watchable' film, The Man Who Yelled, while a student at New York University. 'Animation turned out to be the best way for me to do that.'

'My desire as a kid was to find a way to be funny and draw,' he explained to Martin Goodman in an interview for Animation World. Luckily, no one has made me stop yet!' Willems decided on a career in animation during the 1980s, while studying at New York University. 'I started out by drawing Snoopy andĬharlie Brown and then started to make up my own characters. 'I've been drawing funny cartoons my whole life,' he noted on his Web site. Willems' interest in cartooning began as a child. Willems is also the author of a number of picture books, including the Caldecott Honor Book Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!, and Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale. He is the creator of the animated television series Sheep in the Big City and The Off-Beats, and he serves as the head writer for the Cartoon Network's Codename: Kids Next Door. Willems, who spent nine years as a writer and animator for Sesame Street, is the creator of more than 100 short films, many of which have appeared on MTV, HBO, the Tournee of Animation, and Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation. Mo Willems is an Emmy Award-winning television writer, animator, and author. Time to Say Please!, a sequel to Time to Pee! Leonardo, the Terrible Monster board books about Pigeon a feature-length animated film based on Codename: Kids Next Door. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2004.Ĭontributor to books, including Monkeysuit, Monkey-suit Press Cartoon Cartoons, DC Comics and 9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers and Artists Tell Stories to Remember, DC Comics, 2002. The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2004. Time to Pee!, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2003. ASIFA-East Awards for animation six Emmy Awards for work on Sesame Street National Parenting Publications Award, 2003, for Time to Pee! Caldecott Honor Book citation, American Library Association, 2004, for Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! Writings SELF-ILLUSTRATEDĭon't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2003.

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