Ken Diego
Encyclopedia
Ken Diego is an American
television
director
and producer
.
. He was nominated from 2002 to 2008, and won four times in 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2007. His first DE win was shared with Emily Squires
, Ted May
, Steve Feldman, Victor DiNapoli
, Jim Martin, and Lisa Simon
, and tied with Mitchell Kriegman
and Dean Gordon
on The Book of Pooh
.
Ken Diego has also been nominated for two Directors Guild of America
awards, in the category Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety, for his work on Great Performances: Dances in America, and The 61st Annual Tony Awards. He was nominated in 2003 and 2008, and won both awards. His first DGA win was shared with Matthew Diamond
, Rae Kraus, and Henry Z. Neimark.
United States
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television
Television
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director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
and producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
.
Positions held
- Director on Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On (2004), Elmo Visits the Doctor (2005), Elmo's World: Reach for the Sky (2006), Guess That Shape and Colour (2006) and Sesame StreetSesame StreetSesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
(2005 - 2007) - Associate Director on Sesame StreetSesame StreetSesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
(2005 - 2007) - Producer on Guess That Shape and Colour
- Assistant Director on Our TownOur TownOur Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives...
(2003)
Awards and nominations
Diego has been nominated for seven Daytime Emmy awards, in the category Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series, for his work on Sesame StreetSesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
. He was nominated from 2002 to 2008, and won four times in 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2007. His first DE win was shared with Emily Squires
Emily Squires
Emily Squires is an American television producer and director. Squires has been involved with an interfaith cable TV series and documentaries on the Dalai Lama, Frederick Franckand, and Hiroshima...
, Ted May
Ted May
-Positions held:* Director on Sesame Street Visits the Firehouse , Sesame songs: Rock and Roll , Between the Lions , TV Funhouse , Elmo's World: The Wild Wild West , Crank Yankers , Zoe's Dance Moves , Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? , Ready for School , and Sesame Street *...
, Steve Feldman, Victor DiNapoli
Victor DiNapoli
Victor DiNapoli is an American television director and production designer. He is sometimes credited as Victor Di Napoli.-Positions held:* Senior Scenic Artist on Sesame Street* Art Director on Barney Live! In New York City...
, Jim Martin, and Lisa Simon
Lisa Simon
Lisa Simon is an American television producer and director.-Positions held:* Assistant Director on Chavez * Production Assistant on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit * Consulting Producer on Wonder Pets...
, and tied with Mitchell Kriegman
Mitchell Kriegman
Mitchell Kriegman is an American writer and producer dedicated to developing innovative content for film and television. His production company, Big Big Productions, developed the patented technique called Shadowmation which utilizes real time virtual sets and Bunraku style team puppetry...
and Dean Gordon
Dean Gordon
Dean Dwight Gordon is a former English professional footballer who played in the position of left back between 1991 and 2009 in his native England as well as Cyprus and New Zealand...
on The Book of Pooh
The Book of Pooh
The Book of Pooh is an American television series that aired on the Disney Channel. It is the third television series to feature the characters from the Disney franchise based on A. A...
.
Ken Diego has also been nominated for two Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
awards, in the category Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Musical Variety, for his work on Great Performances: Dances in America, and The 61st Annual Tony Awards. He was nominated in 2003 and 2008, and won both awards. His first DGA win was shared with Matthew Diamond
Matthew Diamond
Matthew Diamond is an American film and television director, producer and choreographer.He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1999 for directing the documentary film The Dancemaker...
, Rae Kraus, and Henry Z. Neimark.