Linda Simensky
{{Short description|American television executive}}
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Linda Simensky is the creative executive for various works of animation. Simensky served as an executive for NickelodeonFurniss, Maureen. (February 5, 2008). [https://books.google.com/books?id=aQ4mrirF5nkC&pg=RA2-PA240&dq=Rocko+cartoon&lr=&sig=yBazOcnam1xNXnEQ2jcpLYaBubI 240 Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics]. Indiana University Press. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved October 1, 2013."[http://www.title14.com/rocko/contributors/murray.html Lisa (Kiczuk) Trainor interviews Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life]", The Rocko's Modern Life FAQ and Cartoon Network."[http://joemurraystudio.com/bio/bio.shtml Bio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213150116/http://www.joemurraystudio.com/bio/bio.shtml |date=2008-02-13 }}", Joe Murray Studio"[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_200301/ai_n17987747 Tuned into toons: Linda Simensky turned her love for animation into Cartoon's success.(Cartoon Network)(Company Profile)(Biography)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614031649/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4895/is_200301/ai_n17987747 |date=2008-06-14 }}." Multichannel News She is partly responsible for the development of shows such as Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Samurai Jack and Ed, Edd n Eddy.{{Cite web|last=Deneroff|first=Harvey|date=November 8, 2004|title=The State of the Art: An Interview With Linda Simensky|url=https://www.skwigly.co.uk/the-state-of-the-art-an-interview-with-linda-simensky/|access-date=January 1, 2021|website=Skwigly.co.uk}}
Early life
Career
Simensky received the June Foray Award in 2000.[http://www.annieawards.org/juneforayaward.html "Juried Awards: June Foray Award"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702211946/http://annieawards.org/juneforayaward.html |date=2012-07-02 }}. Annie Awards.
On October 28, 2003, the Public Broadcasting Service appointed Simensky the position of senior director of children's programming.[https://www.pbs.org/aboutpbs/news/20031028_Simensky.html "PBS APPOINTS LINDA SIMENSKY AS SENIOR DIRECTOR, PROGRAMMING, PBS KIDS"]. PBS
In 2021, she joined Duolingo as head of animation and scripted content.{{Cite web |last=Wit |first=Alex Dudok de |date=2021-10-21 |title=Linda Simensky Leaves PBS To Oversee Originals At Language App Duolingo |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/executives/linda-simensky-leaves-pbs-to-oversee-originals-at-language-app-duolingo-209908.html |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=Cartoon Brew |language=en-US}}
= Views of gender in animation =
In the 2008 book, Art in Motion: Animation Aesthetics, Simensky stated that many male animators find difficulty in creating strong, positive female characters with substance that can serve as role models. When she questioned the creators of Rocko's Modern Life, one of the series which she produced, why the women in the series were invariably drawn to be well-endowed, she was told that the animators believed that drawing women "the traditional way" was easier. Simensky described the creators as "talented guys" who formed "a boy's club" and added that "we pushed them to be funny, but a lot of their women are stereotypical."
Accolades
Simensky was named in Animation Magazine's "Top 10 Most Influential People in Animation" list in January 2002.{{Cite magazine |last=Desowitz |first=Bill |date=January 2002 |title=Top 10 Most Influential People in Animation |magazine=Animation Magazine |volume=16 |issue=1 |issn=1041-617X}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.2/articles1.2/simensky1.2.html Women in the Animation Industry--Some Thoughts]
- [https://www.awn.com/mag/issue4.02/4.02pages/deneroffchamp.php3 Supporting Independents: Five Champions]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080614031838/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSF/is_16_6/ai_30214833 O Canada: - Canadian animators]
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Category:Cartoon Network executives
Category:American women television executives
Category:Nickelodeon executives
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni