Biography
David Ka Lik Wong was born in Hong Kong, and moved to San Francisco with his family as a teenager. He was awarded with a Primetime Emmy Award for his work as producer on ABC's "Peter and The Wolf" in 1996, and was also nominated for an Emmy in 1994 for his work as producer of Rhythm & Jam, the ABC series of Saturday morning music education specials for children.
He teamed with producing partner George Daugherty for Peter and The Wolf, which won the Emmy for Outstanding Primetime Children's Television Program, and was an animation and live-action production starring Kirstie Alley, Lloyd Bridges, and Sleepless In Seattle's Ross Malinger, and the new animated characters of legendary animation director Chuck Jones. Wong also produced the interactive CD-ROM version of the production for Time Warner Interactive.
Wong collaborated with George Daugherty, Amy Tan, and the legendary Sesame Workshop to produce and create the new Emmy Award winning PBS / Sesame Workshop children's television series "Sagwa, The Chinese Siamese Cat," based on the book by Ms. Tan, which premiered on PBS in the fall of 2001, and has since been one of the most highly rated children's television series on all broadcast networks. In addition to his role as one of the original producers, he also wrote a number of episodes for the series, and story-edited all 80 segments.
He was also Producer for the Warner Bros. documentary film The Magical World of Chuck Jones, directed by George Daugherty and starring interviews by Steven Spielberg, Whoopi Goldberg, George Lucas, and Ron Howard, among many others.
He has been Producer for the Warner Bros. touring production Bugs Bunny On Broadway since 1991, as it has toured the world, and co-produced the audio CD album and tape for Warner Bros. Records. Wong has also produced innovative symphony orchestra concerts for some of the worlds leading orchestras, including The National Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic, The Sydney Opera House, The San Francisco Symphony, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Wales Millennium Centre, Sinfonia Britannia, and many others. Most recently, he produced critically acclaimed Christmas concerts for Canada's National Arts Centre, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra.
