Sesame Workshop Names Global Production VP

NEW YORK, September 29: Andrew
Ames has joined Sesame Workshop to oversee all of its international
co-productions in the role of VP of global production.

Ames responsibilities will
include production/creative oversight, budgeting and financing, international
content management and cross-platform content initiatives. He will report to
Miranda Barry, the executive VP of creative. Ames joins Sesame Workshop after
serving as series producer on the Emmy Award-winning Save Our History for The History Channel. He also won an Emmy for
PBS’s Reading Rainbow in
2001-2002.

“Andy is an accomplished
Emmy Award-winning executive with over 25 years of experience in international
media,” said Barry. “His proven ability to anticipate potential opportunities
and develop appropriate strategies will help us maximize the reach and impact
of Sesame programming. We are thrilled to have leadership as we enter a new
decade, our fourth, of creating educational and engaging content.”

—By Mansha Daswani