Dev Ross
{{short description|American actress}}
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| name = Dev Ross
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| occupation = Screenwriter
| years_active = 1986–present
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Dev Ross is an American screenwriter, children's book author, performer, director, and producer in theater, film, and television industries.
Writing credits
Ross is a writer in print, animation, and theater, for several media content providers including Disney,{{Cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/people/dev-ross/ |title=TV.com |access-date=2013-04-07 |archive-date=2012-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707214208/http://www.tv.com/people/dev-ross/ |url-status=dead}} ABC, Fox Kids, Universal Cartoon Studios, Cartoon Network, TLC, The Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon, Mattel, the Web, and PBS. Ross worked as story analyst for film production companies and then became a staff writer at Disney Studios in 1991, where she also served as a voice director and "story doctor". During 2007, Ross worked for the Samsung Corporation in South Korea teaching university courses in digital screenwriting at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Ross wrote for several popular shows during the 1990s. These included Darkwing Duck, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Winnie the Pooh and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Return of Jafar, Monster High, Animated Classic Showcase, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Clifford's Puppy Days, and the Adventures from the Book of Virtues. She helped bring movie characters to television with Aladdin and The Little Mermaid.
=Children's books=
Ross wrote a number of children's books for the popular "We Both Read" series.
- {{cite book |last=Ross |first=Dev |title=Wild Animals of the United States |year=2009 |url=https://archive.org/details/wildanimalsofuni0000ross |url-access=registration |publisher=Treasure Bay |isbn=978-1601152343}}
- {{cite book |last=Ross |first=Dev |title=Frank and the Balloon |year=2008 |publisher=Treasure Bay |isbn=978-1601150127 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/frankballoon0000ross}}
- {{cite book |last=Ross |first=Dev |date=November 2006 |title=Fox's Best Trick Ever |url=https://archive.org/details/foxsbesttrickeve00devr |url-access=registration |publisher=Treasure Bay |isbn=978-1891327704}}
=Television and animation awards=
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| Action in Children's Television (ACT) | style="text-align:center;"| Win | style="text-align:center;"| Excellence in Television Writing | style="text-align:center;"|The Great American Hero Show | style="text-align:center;"|Writer | {{dts|format=mdy|1992|September|10}} | style="text-align:center;"|PBS |
| Annie[http://annieawards.org/22nd-annie-awards 22nd Annie Awards][http://movies.tvguide.com/the-return-of-jafar/cast/129939 Return of Jafar Cast] | style="text-align:center;"| Win | style="text-align:center;"| Best Animated Home Video Release | style="text-align:center;"|Return of Jafar | style="text-align:center;"|Writer | {{dts|format=mdy|1994|May|20}} | style="text-align:center;"|Walt Disney Home Video |
| Daytime Emmy[http://www.toonzone.net/shows/awards/tinytoons.html Toonzone] | style="text-align:center;"| Nomination | style="text-align:center;"|Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program | style="text-align:center;"| Raw Toonage[http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=307203 Sitcoms Online] | style="text-align:center;"|Writer | {{dts|format=mdy|1993|May|22}} | style="text-align:center;"|CBS |
| Daytime Emmy | style="text-align:center;"| Win | style="text-align:center;"| Outstanding Animated Program | style="text-align:center;"|New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh | style="text-align:center;"|Writer | {{dts|format=mdy|1989|June|24}} | style="text-align:center;"|ABC |
| Humanitas[http://www.humanitasprize.org/Prize_PastWinners.html Humanitas Prize Winners] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406055244/http://www.humanitasprize.org/Prize_PastWinners.html |date=April 6, 2010}} | style="text-align:center;"| Win | style="text-align:center;"| Excellence in Screenwriting | style="text-align:center;"| Balto II: Wolf Quest | style="text-align:center;"|Writer | {{dts|format=mdy|2002|February|19}} | style="text-align:center;"|Universal Cartoon Studios |
Straight to video releases
Performing arts
Before turning to animation, Ross was the artistic director of the "Twelfth Night Repertory Company", a tri-city educational theatre and three time Emmy award-winning television troupe from 1980 to 1982 where she was a writer, director, and performer. Ross wrote and directed more than 70 plays for TNRC and Educational Theater Company, before leaving the schools. She even created a "synthesis of movement, text and sound", for which the schools became noted.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}}
Prior to 2013, Ross's Theatrical awards include:
- Drama-Logue Award for Best New Musical Play, Westwood Playhouse - "Once Upon a Genesis"
As of 2013, Ross is the creator and head writer of her own original web show called "The Rocks."[https://archive.today/20130410234512/http://www.flaglive.com/flagstafflive_story.cfm?storyID=236835 Flagstaff Live][http://azdailysun.com/lifestyles/new-tv-show-seeks-to-capture-local-red-rocks-flavor/article_027c0de1-1f90-56bb-8886-263f22bd0a5e.html Arizona Daily Sun][http://www.sedona.tv/the-rocks/the-rocks-sedona.htm Sedona TV]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0743361|Dev Ross}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvB-I2_cDmz0lFdod_XeStg Dev Ross's YouTube]
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Category:American voice actresses
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Category:Daytime Emmy Award winners
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Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni