Josh Selig

Josh Selig (1964-) is a writer, producer, and filmmaker.

Background
As a child, Selig appeared in the first two seasons of Sesame Street.

He returned to Sesame Street as a writer in 1988. While there, he also wrote songs, created short films and worked as a producer for Sesame Street International. Selig was the resident producer of Rechov Sumsum/Shara'a Simsim, the Israeli-Palestinian Sesame Street episode co-production.

In 1999 he founded Little Airplane Productions, Inc.. He named his production company after the song "I'm a Little Airplane", which he produced a film short of children dancing to for Sesame Street.

He left Sesame Street in 2002 to work exclusively with Little Airplane.

Credits
Actor: Sesame Street, Season 1 and Season 2

Writer: Sesame Street, 1988-2002

Filmmaker: short films for Sesame Street, Elmo's World, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat

Creator: Oobi, Go, Baby!, The Wonder Pets!, The Little Carousel

Producer: Sesame Street Unpaved, Rechov Sumsum/Shara'a Simsim

Writer: Little Bill

Executive Producer: Oobi, The Wonder Pets!

Songwriter: songs for BB's Music Time (Disney Channel short), songs for Oobi, songs for The Wonder Pets!, incidental music and cues for Sesame Street

Quotes
"I honestly believe that human beings peak at about age 4. The average 4-year-old is more creative, more interesting, and has a better sense of humor than the average 40-year-old -- me included!" (Child interview, 2004)

"When I began working at Sesame Street, I used to observe pre-school classrooms so I could learn more about this age group. I was — and still am — amazed by the creativity and decency of very young children. I think adults have much to learn from them. Including this adult." (Big Apple Parent interview, 2004)

On Rechov Sumsum/Shara'a Simsim: "Originally there were going to be two different sets, an Israeli and Palestinian, and there was going to be a third set that was a park. It was going to be neutral ground where the two groups of people could interact. But as we got closer to production a lot of people raised the concern that such a park doesn't actually exist, so there was some hesitation to actually create such a place. So rather than have that third set, the compromise was that the Israeli and Palestinian characters would visit each other. But there were some very big screaming matches as these things were sorted out. It's just an area where all these issues are so volatile."

Trivia

 * His favorite Sesame Street character is Grover.