Biography
Award-winning producer Rick Siggelkow has created and produced over 200 hours of tween and pre-school television. His series have aired on multiple networks including PBS, Discovery Kids, BBC, Noggin, Nickelodeon, Fox Kids, CW, CBC, YTV, the ABC and ZDF. Siggelkow was co- creator and producer of Shining Time Station (65 half-hours and five primetime specials) which introduced Thomas the Tank Engine to North American audiences and is among the highest rated children's series to air on PBS. Other series creator and producer credits include Dinosapien, for CBBC and Discovery Kids (15 half hours), Ace Lightning, for BBC, CBC and U.S syndication on Fox and UPN (39 half-hours); Noddy, for PBS, CBC and TVO (65 half-hours and a primetime special) and Tweenies, for Noggin and Nickelodeon. His shows have won two Emmys in addition to receiving numerous other awards, including two Gemini Awards, a Parent's Choice Gold Award, an Action for Children's Television Award, a New York Film Festival Bronze Apple Award, an Angel Award, a Silver Hugo Award, two International Monitor Awards, two Armstrong Awards, and a Gold Award at the International Houston Film Festival. His most recent production was Little People, 52 x 11, an animated series based on the iconic Fisher Price toy brand which premiered on Sprout.
