Biography

Ellen Doherty is Chief Creative Officer for Fred Rogers Productions, overseeing the development and production of content for all platforms. She serves as executive producer for the company's current series on PBS KIDS-Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Odd Squad, Donkey Hodie, and Alma's Way. She also developed Donkey Hodie and Alma's Way and is the creator, head writer, and executive producer of the award-winning Through the Woods, a short form series about nature also available on PBS KIDS.

In August 2024, Ellen was named to The Hollywood Reporter's list for The 50 Most Powerful Players in Kids Entertainment. She was also on THR's list in May 2023, for The 75 Most Powerful People in Kids' Entertainment. Ellen was also spotlighted in Variety's 2022 Family Entertainment Impact Report as one of the year's top content creators, producers, directors, and executives. In 2018, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy® Award for Mister Rogers: It's You I Like, the retrospective tribute to the 50th anniversary of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

In December 2023, Ellen was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Silver Circle, which recognizes "distinguished service within the industry, setting standards for achievement, mentoring, leadership, and professional accolades" for 25 years.

A Webby® and three-time Emmy® Award-winning producer and writer with more than 25 years' experience in children's media, Ellen was previously executive producer and story editor of the PBS KIDS series Cyberchase. She oversaw production of television and digital content for the series for six seasons, including creating several shortform video series. Ellen began her career as an associate producer on the beloved PBS KIDS series Reading Rainbow. She has a B.A. in Communications from Boston College and will show you on her hand where she grew up in Michigan. Dual citizenship US/Ireland.
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