Nature Cat | Credits
Credits
Created by brothers David Rudman (“Cookie Monster” and “Baby Bear” on Sesame Street; “Scooter” and “Janice” on The Muppets) and Adam Rudman (Tom & Jerry, Sesame Street, Cyberchase), Nature Cat is a co-production of Spiffy Pictures and WTTW Chicago.
Watch Adam and David Rudman’s interview with WTTW’s Chicago Tonight to learn more about the origins of Nature Cat.
Spiffy Pictures, founded in 2003 by David and Adam Rudman, is a creative development and production company specializing in family entertainment.
The Emmy Award-winning creative team has created, produced, written and directed live-action and animated projects for PBS Kids, Nickelodeon, Disney, MTV, Comedy Central, Sesame Street and Warner Brothers. Their projects include creating and producing the Emmy & Prix Jeunesse-nominated Jack’s Big Music Show for Nick Jr, the Emmy-nominated Bunnytownfor Disney and Nick Jr.’s Parent’s Choice Award-winning Curious Buddies brand of home videos.
Spiffy Pictures recently produced a puppet adaptation of Scooby Doo for Warner Brothers, titled Scooby-Doo! Adventures, The Mystery Map. Spiffy's current animated production Nature Cat premiered on PBS Kids November 25th, 2015. Nature Cat is designed to encourage kids to explore and develop connections with the natural world, starting in their own backyard.
WTTW Chicago is a premier public media organization committed to creating and presenting original, unique, high-quality television and digital media content. The station is America’s most highly-rated PBS station in the top 10 markets, serving more than two million viewers weekly.
WTTW is also the co-producer of the transmedia online educational childrens’ properties Mission to Planet 429 and UMIGO, and the Emmy award-winning PBS childrens’ series, WordWorld.
