Awards & Winners

Judy Freudberg

Date of Birth 12-July-1949
Place of Birth Memphis
(Tennessee, United States of America, Shelby County, Area code 901)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Judith Freudberg
Profession Screenwriter, Author
Judith Freudberg was an American TV writer. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in speech and dramatic arts. In 1971, she started working on Sesame Street, two years after the show’s debut, as an assistant in the music department and became a writer for the children's television show in 1975. Judy worked on that show for 35 years and shared 17 daytime Emmys. One of the creators and developers of Elmo's World, she served as head writer for that popular segment. Freudberg collaborated with Tony Geiss on Sesame Street's first feature film, Sesame Street Presents: Follow that Bird as well as The Land Before Time and An American Tail, two feature animation films directed by Don Bluth and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. She and Molly Boylan were nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Children's Special for the home video Elmo's World: Wild Wild West. For Sesame Street season 35, Judy co-wrote, with Lou Berger, the primetime special, Sesame Street Presents: The Street We Live On, which was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Children's Program. She died on June 10, 2012 in Manhattan at age 62 from complications of brain cancer.

Awards by Judy Freudberg

Check all the awards nominated and won by Judy Freudberg.

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2010


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2009


Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2006


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2005


Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song Who Will Be My Friend?
Sesame Street
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2002


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children/Youth/Family Special Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wild Wild West

2001


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

2000


Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1999


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1998


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1997


Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song If Elmo Had Teeth
Sesame Street

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1995


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1994


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1993


Nominations 1993 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1992


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1991


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1990


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1989


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1988


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1987


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1986


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing In A Children's Series Sesame Street

1984


Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For Children's Programming
Honored for : Sesame Street

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For Children's Programming Sesame Street

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For Children's Programming Sesame Street

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For Children's Programming Sesame Street
For episode on 23 November 1981.

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For Children's Programming Sesame Street