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John van Bruggen

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John van Bruggen (born March 6, 1957) is a Canadian animator and writer. His wife, Arna Selznick, was the director of 1985's The Care Bears Movie. He and Selznick were layout supervisors on its 1986 sequel. They are partners in the creative services company dancingmonkeys.

2020-2021: John is Executive Story Editor on the Brave Bunnies[1] animated television series, currently in production.

2017-2018: John van Bruggen wrote the screenplay for The Most Magnificent Thing, the award winning Nelvana 22 minute CG short directed by Arna Selznick.

In 2004, John created the Jazz-inspired show YTV's Coolman! along with Selznick. He also recently penned the script for the 2006 feature Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure.

He was nominated for a Gemini Award in 2000 for his story Franklin and the Two Henrys, also from the Franklin series.[2] He received a second nomination in 2004 for Best Writing in a Children's or Youth Program or Series, for "Jacob Two-Two and the Purloined Hockey Card".[3]

The "van" in his name is sometimes listed with a capital V in his animated credits.

Some of van Bruggen's other credits include:

References

  1. ^ Brave Bunnies at IMDb
  2. ^ "Complete list of Gemini nominees". Toronto Star. 2000-09-20. p. E4.
  3. ^ "The 2004 Gemini nominees". Playback : Canada's Broadcast and Production Journal. 2004-11-08. p. 18.