Nationality American Education Rutgers University Role Television producer | Name Carol-Lynn Parente Occupation Television producer | |
Known for Executive producer of the children's educational TV series Sesame Street Awards PGA Television Producer of the Year Award - Outstanding Children’s Program Nominations Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program Similar People Kevin Clash, Benjamin Lehmann, Joey Mazzarino, Ken Diego, Michael Loman | ||
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Carol-Lynn Parente (b. December 15, 1963) is an American television producer, known as the executive producer of the children's educational TV series Sesame Street.
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- Part 1 carol lynn parente sesame street workshop stem conference 2012
- Executive producer carol lynn parente from sesame street
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards and accolades
- References
Executive producer carol lynn parente from sesame street
Early life
Carol-Lynn Parente was born in Queens, and grew up in West Milford, New Jersey. She majored in marketing and economics at Rutgers University.
Career
Parente began working on the children's educational TV series Sesame Street as a post Production Assistant.
Parente managed the animation and post production of the show's Elmo's World segment, introduced to the show in 1998. She has also done similar work on Elmo's World: Happy Holidays and Kids Favorite Songs 2, both of which were winners of Telly Awards.
She was promoted to the position of executive producer in June 2005. She has won multiple Emmy Awards for her work on the show. As senior producer, Parente shared the Emmy Award in 2006 for "Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series", the seventh award she has earned.
Personal life
Parente lives in Union City, New Jersey.
Awards and accolades
In 2008 Parente was honored at the second annual Showtime 2009 gala at the Park Performing Arts Center in Union City, where she lives. She was given an award for her work, which she accepted with help from the Sesame Street character Elmo.