I love writing and learning new things in order to better educate those in need. I also enjoy hackathons and adventures around the world.
Barbara Slade
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Barbara Slade
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Film writer
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Barbara Slade is a writer, creator and producer of children’s programming. Based in London, England, she travels extensively, heading up shows for the international market.
Slade began her screenwriting career in London when her first show “Brown Bear’s Wedding” starring Helena Bonham Carter, Joss Ackland and Hugh Laurie aired on ITV. It sold to most major territories, and was nominated for five Emmy awards including ‘Best Writer’. Slade returned to America, where she continued her career, writing and developing children’s series for Nickelodeon, Disney, ABC, Fox and many other networks worldwide.
She has written features for both Working Title and Disney and has received numerous awards including a ‘Humanitas’ for one of her episodes of ‘Rugrats’. She has worked as a writer/producer for the Disney Channel U.K, and was recently in Melbourne, Australia, filming her first original live-action series “Dead Gorgeous”, currently airing on CBBC and ABC. Barbara has just completed a pilot with Telegael and The Jim Henson Company for her next series “Alexander and Pete” and is currently in development on an original pre-school project and feature film.
