Mo Willems was born on February 11, 1968 as Maurice Charles Willems. He is a writer and producer, known for Sesame Street (1969), Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation Z.E.R.O. (2006) and KaBlam! (1996).
Isidore Newman School, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Nationality
American
Spouse
Cheryl Camp
Children
Trixie
Awards
Caldecott Medal, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Picture Books, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Children's Series, Book Sense Book of the Year Award: Children's Illustrated, Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration
Nominations
The Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical
Movies
Codename: Kids Next Door: Operation Z.E.R.O., Life, Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs
TV Shows
Sheep in the Big City, The Off-Beats, KaBlam!
Star Sign
Aquarius
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
PogieJoe
2014
TV Series original story - 1 episode
Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation Z.E.R.O.
2006
TV Movie screenplay / story
Codename: Kids Next Door
TV Series head writer - 54 episodes, 2002 - 2005 writer - 4 episodes, 2003 - 2005 written by - 2 episodes, 2003 - 2004
LazyTown
2004
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Sheep in the Big City
TV Series creator - 30 episodes, 2000 - 2002 writer - 11 episodes, 2000 - 2002 head writer - 5 episodes, 2000 - 2001 story - 1 episode, 2002
Sesame Street
TV Series 1 episode, 2001 writer - 1 episode, 2002
An Off-Beats Valentine's
1999
TV Movie creator / writer
KaBlam!
TV Series 3 episodes, 1997 creator - 6 episodes, 1996 - 1997 writer - 4 episodes, 1996 - 1997 head writer - 1 episode, 1997
Another Bad Day for Philip Jenkins
1994
Short
The Man Who Yelled
1992
Short
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sheep in the Big City
2000-2002
TV Series executive producer - 28 episodes
Life
1999/III
Short producer
An Off-Beats Valentine's
1999
TV Movie executive producer
KaBlam!
1996-1997
TV Series executive producer - 9 episodes
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sheep in the Big City
TV Series 1 episode, 2000 supervising director - 14 episodes, 2000 - 2002
Life
1999/III
Short
An Off-Beats Valentine's
1999
TV Movie
KaBlam!
1996-1997
TV Series 10 episodes
Another Bad Day for Philip Jenkins
1994
Short
Iddy Biddy Beat Boy
1993
Short
The Man Who Yelled
1992
Short
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sheep in the Big City
2000-2002
TV Series
Angry Scientist
An Off-Beats Valentine's
1999
TV Movie
September / Grubby Groo (voice)
KaBlam!
1996-1997
TV Series
September / Grubby Groo (segment "The Off-Beats") / (segment "The Off-Beats") / ...
Animation Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sheep in the Big City
2000-2002
TV Series character designer - 13 episodes
Life
1999/III
Short animator
Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger
1995
TV Movie animator
Another Bad Day for Philip Jenkins
1994
Short animator
The Man Who Yelled
1992
Short animator / ink and paint artist
A Child's Garden of Verses
1992
TV Movie layout artist
Ira Sleeps Over
1991
TV Movie animator
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sheep in the Big City
2000
TV Series storyboard artist - 1 episode
Life
1999/III
Short designer
An Off-Beats Valentine's
1999
TV Movie storyboard artist
KaBlam!
1997
TV Series storyboard artist - 3 episodes
Visual Effects
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sheep in the Big City
2000
TV Series visual effects - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Man Who Yelled
1992
Short
Himself - The Man Who Yelled
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2003
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series
Sesame Street (1969)
2002
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series
Sesame Street (1969)
2001
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series
Sesame Street (1969)
1999
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series
Sesame Street (1969)
1998
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series
Sesame Street (1969)
1995
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series
Sesame Street (1969)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2000
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series
Sesame Street (1969)
1997
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series
Sesame Street (1969)
1996
Daytime Emmy
Daytime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series
Sesame Street (1969)
Known for movies
Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation Z.E.R.O. (2006) as Writer
$6 Million
