Ford Riley is an American producer, screenwriter, lyricist, and voice actor.
13 Facts About Ford Riley
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Ford Riley is best known for creating the Disney Junior animated television series Special Agent Oso and he most recently created and developed the animated television series The Lion Guard, based on Disney's 1994 film The Lion King.
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Ford Riley studied briefly in Prague before returning to his hometown of Pittsburgh, where he worked at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and the Heinz Endowments.
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Ford Riley has cited his time working in Pittsburgh as being a huge motivator to pursue his own artistic endeavors.
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Ford Riley's credits include episodes of Megas XLR, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, and Hero 108 for Cartoon Network.
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In 2004 Ford Riley delved into animated features, writing the screenplay for the full-length animated feature Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles, based on the long-running television series Robotech.
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Ford Riley co-wrote all of the songs for the series with Michele Brourman.
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Between working on Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles and The Land Before Time, Ford Riley developed his own series, Special Agent Oso, for Disney Junior.
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Ford Riley was given the green light for production of Oso in June 2007.
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In 2014, it was announced that Ford Riley was developing a spin-off television series based on Disney's The Lion King film franchise for Disney Junior, entitled The Lion Guard.
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Ford Riley is executive producer of both the television movie The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar, and its subsequent TV series.
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The theme song that Ford Riley co-wrote with Mike Himelstein for Special Agent Oso was nominated for a 2010 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song.
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The song "Sisi Ni Sawa", that Ford Riley co-wrote with Beau Black, Sarah Mirza and Kevin Hopps for The Lion Guard was nominated for a 2017 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song.