Traci Paige Johnson

Traci Paige Johnson (born April 21, 1969) is an American animator, television producer, and co-creator of the long-running Nickelodeon childrens television program Blues Clues.While a student at Northwestern University, where she earned a degree in radio, television, and film, Johnson began developing her unique signature style of cutout animation using construction paper and everyday objects and textures. She was a freelance animator in the early 1990s when cable television network Nickelodeon wanted to create a new television show for preschoolers. She was already well known as a designer, animator, writer, producer, and director for childrens television. In 1994, Johnson, along with producer Angela Santomero and director Todd Kessler, which Nickelodeon executive Brown Johnson called a green creative team, created the series Blues Clues. According to writer Diane Tracy, Johnson, Santomero, and Kessler did not possess traditional backgrounds of most producers of childrens programs, but did possess an amazing combination of talents, backgrounds, and personal attributes. Also, according to Tracy, Johnson would change the look of preschool childrens television. Johnson reported that she was cast as the voice of Blue, the shows main animated character because out of the shows crew, she sounded the most like a dog.She is married to Robert Mowen and has three sons: Thomas, Oliver, and Emmet.

Bio from Wikipedia - See more on en.wikipedia.org Text under CC-BY-SA license