Dorothea Gillim

Dorothea Gillim
Born (1964-07-18) July 18, 1964 (age 60)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Education
OccupationTelevision producer
Years active2003–present
Known forProducing animated series
Television
Awards

Dorothea Gillim (born July 18, 1964) is an American television producer. She is the creator of the animated series WordGirl and Hey Monie! and co-creator of Molly of Denali. Under GBH, Gillim has produced multiple animated series including Curious George, Pinkalicious & Peterrific, and Time Warp Trio.[1]

In 2006, Gillim created WordGirl to respond to "the idea that children's television wasn't intelligent enough," feeling that most shows "underestimated their sense of humor and their intellect."[2] In 2022, Collider praised the show for its "non-white, little girl superhero" protagonist, claiming it started a female superhero trend and the generation who grew up watching WordGirl later demanded new and diverse Marvel heroes such as Captain Marvel.[2]

Gillim's co-created animation series Molly of Denali has been celebrated as "the nation's first widely distributed children's program featuring an Alaska Native as the lead character."[3][4]

  1. ^ "GBH Announces Expansion of GBH Kids". wgbh.org. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  2. ^ a b Stein, Minnah (2022-07-16). "WordGirl Is the Captain Marvel of PBS". Collider. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  3. ^ "When — and how — should you talk to your kids about climate change?". Canary Media. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
  4. ^ "How Molly of Denali found its diverse cast and crew". Retrieved 2022-09-12.