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* Upcoming untitled Disney Junior show (set for about a 2022 release)
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* The ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' films (story bible)
** ''Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy'' (2014) (co-story writer)
** ''Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy'' (2014) (co-story writer)
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* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaAndTheSecretOfAvalor'' (2016) (crossover movie between Sofia The First and Elena Of Avalor) (co-writer)
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* CanonWelding: Sofia The First is connected to ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' due to the Disney Princess appearances, Merlin, and the Three Good Fairies. Given how [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida]] also appeared, Pixar also counts. By extension, Elena also counts since her origin also involves Sofia.
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* CanonWelding: Sofia ''Sofia The First First'' is connected to ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' due to the Disney Princess appearances, Merlin, and the Three Good Fairies. Given how [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida]] also appeared, Pixar also counts. By extension, Elena also counts since her origin also involves Sofia.
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* NoHuggingNoKissing: While his shows have some romance, they're not put to the forefront, and any romantic plots are for minor, recurring, or one shot characters , not the main cast.
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* ProductionPosse: His works share a few voice actors like Creator/JessHarnell, Creator/GreyDeLisle Griffin, Creator/MickWingert, Creator/KeithFerguson, Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, and Creator/KariWahlgren, among others. Creator/SamRiegel is also his go to voice director.
* RealLifeRelative: His sons have some done some voice work in his shows, notably Maximilian as Zingo, one of Migs' kids, on Elena.
* RoleReprise: Almost all of the appearances of Disney Canon characters on Sofia have their original and/or current voice actors reprising the role.
* RealLifeRelative: His sons have some done some voice work in his shows, notably Maximilian as Zingo, one of Migs' kids, on Elena.
* RoleReprise: Almost all of the appearances of Disney Canon characters on Sofia have their original and/or current voice actors reprising the role.
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** His works share a few voice actors like Creator/JessHarnell,Creator/GreyDeLisle Griffin, Creator/GreyDeLisle, Creator/MickWingert, Creator/KeithFerguson, Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, and Creator/KariWahlgren, among others. others.
** Creator/SamRiegel is also his go to voice director.
** He previously worked with Elliot M. Bour and Tom Rogers on the ''WesternAnimation/DisneyFairies'' films before ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''.
* RealLifeRelative: His sons have some done some voice work in his shows, notably Maximilian asZingo, Mingo, one of Migs' kids, on Elena.
''Elena of Avalor''.
* RoleReprise: Almost all of the appearances of Disney Canon characters onSofia ''Sofia the First'' have their original and/or current voice actors reprising the role.
** His works share a few voice actors like Creator/JessHarnell,
** Creator/SamRiegel is also his go to voice director.
** He previously worked with Elliot M. Bour and Tom Rogers on the ''WesternAnimation/DisneyFairies'' films before ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''.
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* WriteWhatYouKnow: His inspiration for Sofia came from his own life growing up. Likewise, his inspiration for Elena was due to family trips to places like Mexico and Spain.
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** The Hanukkah episode and the inclusion of Jewish characters in ''Elena of Avalor'' stems from him also being Jewish.
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** The Hanukkah episode and the inclusion of Jewish characters in ''Elena of Avalor'' stems from him also being Jewish.
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Craig Gerber is an American television creator, known primarily for creating the Disney Junior series, ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' and ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' .
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Craig Gerber is an American television creator, known primarily for creating the Disney Junior series, ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' and ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' .''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor''.
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On November 27, 2018, he signed an [[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/live-feed/sofia-first-ep-craig-gerber-signs-deal-at-disney-1163797?__twitter_impression=true exclusive deal]] with Disney to produce content for them.
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* CanonWielding: Sofia The First is connected to ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' due to the Disney Princess appearances, Merlin, and the Three Good Fairies. Given how [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida]] also appeared, Pixar also counts. By extension, Elena also counts since her origin also involves Sofia.
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Gerber was raised in outer suburban New York. His mother and father divorced when he was eight years old. His father remarried and had another son while his mother had a boyfriend who had a daughter of his own. Having a family that was not “together” made Gerber feel like uneasy, but after he discovered that these kinds of families were more common than he thought, he was inspired to create Sofia the First.
He graduated from University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His career skyrocketed after he entered a screenwriting showcase at his school, which led to a major Hollywood studio displaying his first screenplay. Gerber has also won awards for directing his comedic short “Film Time” and won Best Narrative Short at the Sonoma Valley Film Festival and Best Digital Short at the Sedona Film Festival in 2003. Before branching off into children’s television, Craig Gerber previously worked at Pixie Hollow Games and wrote screenplays for Rogue Pictures, Radar Pictures, and Intrepid Films.
His inspiration for Sofia came about when he was approached by Nancy Kanter, a major crew member at Disney Junior who asked him for an idea for a children’s show revolving around a princess during her childhood. He was determined to give a modern spin of the classic “fairy tale” element of the pitch. When he was stuck in traffic while driving in Los Angeles, he immediately looked at his childhood and found inspiration with his own home life to create a show with a family that many children could identify with.
With a heavy focus on exploring Latin and Hispanic culture, magic, mythology, folklore, music, food, and customs, following his success with Sofia the First, Gerber went on to create Elena of Avalor in July 2016. He was aware that there had been many Disney princesses of color, but not one of Hispanic roots. He was careful not to state what country she is exactly from, but rather incorporate the “influence” of the location. He stated “What Disney really does well is create fairytale kingdoms,” he explained. “It makes it very inclusive—you don’t have to pick just one nationality. No one really asked if Arendelle was Norway or Sweden, it’s just inspired by a Scandinavian country. The idea for us was that we wanted Avalor to be more broadly accessible.”
He graduated from University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His career skyrocketed after he entered a screenwriting showcase at his school, which led to a major Hollywood studio displaying his first screenplay. Gerber has also won awards for directing his comedic short “Film Time” and won Best Narrative Short at the Sonoma Valley Film Festival and Best Digital Short at the Sedona Film Festival in 2003. Before branching off into children’s television, Craig Gerber previously worked at Pixie Hollow Games and wrote screenplays for Rogue Pictures, Radar Pictures, and Intrepid Films.
His inspiration for Sofia came about when he was approached by Nancy Kanter, a major crew member at Disney Junior who asked him for an idea for a children’s show revolving around a princess during her childhood. He was determined to give a modern spin of the classic “fairy tale” element of the pitch. When he was stuck in traffic while driving in Los Angeles, he immediately looked at his childhood and found inspiration with his own home life to create a show with a family that many children could identify with.
With a heavy focus on exploring Latin and Hispanic culture, magic, mythology, folklore, music, food, and customs, following his success with Sofia the First, Gerber went on to create Elena of Avalor in July 2016. He was aware that there had been many Disney princesses of color, but not one of Hispanic roots. He was careful not to state what country she is exactly from, but rather incorporate the “influence” of the location. He stated “What Disney really does well is create fairytale kingdoms,” he explained. “It makes it very inclusive—you don’t have to pick just one nationality. No one really asked if Arendelle was Norway or Sweden, it’s just inspired by a Scandinavian country. The idea for us was that we wanted Avalor to be more broadly accessible.”
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He graduated from University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His career skyrocketed after he entered a screenwriting showcase at his school, which led to a major Hollywood studio displaying his first screenplay.
His inspiration for Sofia came about when he was approached by Nancy Kanter, a major crew member at Disney
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Craig Gerber is an American television creator, known primarily for creating the Disney Junior series, ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' and ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' .
He was raised in outer suburban New York. His mother and father divorced when he was eight years old. His father remarried and had another son while his mother had a boyfriend who had a daughter of his own. Having a family that was not “together” made him feel rather uneasy, but after he discovered that these kinds of families were more common than he thought, he was inspired to create Sofia the First.
Gerber was raised in outer suburban New York. His mother and father divorced when he was eight years old. His father remarried and had another son while his mother had a boyfriend who had a daughter of his own. Having a family that was not “together” made Gerber feel like uneasy, but after he discovered that these kinds of families were more common than he thought, he was inspired to create Sofia the First.
He graduated from University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His career skyrocketed after he entered a screenwriting showcase at his school, which led to a major Hollywood studio displaying his first screenplay. Gerber has also won awards for directing his comedic short “Film Time” and won Best Narrative Short at the Sonoma Valley Film Festival and Best Digital Short at the Sedona Film Festival in 2003. Before branching off into children’s television, Craig Gerber previously worked at Pixie Hollow Games and wrote screenplays for Rogue Pictures, Radar Pictures, and Intrepid Films.
His inspiration for Sofia came about when he was approached by Nancy Kanter, a major crew member at Disney Junior who asked him for an idea for a children’s show revolving around a princess during her childhood. He was determined to give a modern spin of the classic “fairy tale” element of the pitch. When he was stuck in traffic while driving in Los Angeles, he immediately looked at his childhood and found inspiration with his own home life to create a show with a family that many children could identify with.
With a heavy focus on exploring Latin and Hispanic culture, magic, mythology, folklore, music, food, and customs, following his success with Sofia the First, Gerber went on to create Elena of Avalor in July 2016. He was aware that there had been many Disney princesses of color, but not one of Hispanic roots. He was careful not to state what country she is exactly from, but rather incorporate the “influence” of the location. He stated “What Disney really does well is create fairytale kingdoms,” he explained. “It makes it very inclusive—you don’t have to pick just one nationality. No one really asked if Arendelle was Norway or Sweden, it’s just inspired by a Scandinavian country. The idea for us was that we wanted Avalor to be more broadly accessible.”
When Sofia the First had first launched, there was some confusion as to whether Princess Sofia was the first Latina Disney princess or not. This derived from Sofia’s mother, Queen Miranda, appearing to be Hispanic with darker skin and features. This was a false statement made by a producer which has since been disproven by Craig and a few more members of the Sofia the First crew. He explains in an interview with ABC news: “What the experience from Sofia showed me was what a demand there was a for a Latina princess,” he said. “That a misstatement that was made by a producer could snowball virally into this announcement that was never made. And Sofia was not Latina and never meant to be the first Latina princess. But it did really illustrate the fact that people really wanted a Latina princess, and I think it certainly bubbled in my mind and was part of what inspired me to come up with this idea.”
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!!Craig Gerber's most notable works include:
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' (2012-2018) (creator, co-executive producer, writer, occasional voice actor)
* The ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' film, "Tinkerbell And The Pirate Fairy" (2014) (co-story writer)
* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' (2016-present) (creator, co-executive producer, writer, occasional voice actor)
* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaAndTheSecretOfAvalor'' (2016) (crossover movie between Sofia The First and Elena Of Avalor) (co-writer)
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!!Craig Gerber's works follow these tropes:
* AdoredByTheNetwork: His shows get plenty of airtime even when reruns were reduced in later years.
* AllStarCast: His works have a very strong cast of notable voice actors and notable on camera actors.
* CanonWielding: Sofia The First is connected to ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' due to the Disney Princess appearances, Merlin, and the Three Good Fairies. Given how [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida]] also appeared, Pixar also counts. By extension, Elena also counts since her origin also involves Sofia.
* ChildrenVoicingChildren: For many of the young characters , they're voiced by actors who either start voicing them as kids or teenagers, or end up being replaced by a younger actor due to puberty.
* CreatorCameo: He voiced some minor characters on Sofia.
* GirlShowGhetto: While the target audience of his major projects are young girls in the Disney Junior audience, he avoids this by also not being afraid to branch out to a wider crowd.
* PeripheryDemographic: Both of his shows manage to gain large fanbases outside of the Disney Junior audience.
* ProductionPosse: His works share a few voice actors like Creator/JessHarnell, Creator/GreyDeLisle Griffin, Creator/MickWingert, Creator/KeithFerguson, Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, and Creator/KariWahlgren, among others. Creator/SamRiegel is also his go to voice director.
* RealLifeRelative: His sons have some done some voice work in his shows, notably Maximilian as Zingo, one of Migs' kids, on Elena.
* RoleReprisal: Almost all of the appearances of Disney Canon characters on Sofia have their original and/or current voice actors reprising the role.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: His works are not afraid to go to darker places, but are still idealistic and hopeful at the end of the day.
* VoicesInOneRoom: It's not always the case when the actors are busy, but this trope applies when schedules align.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: His inspiration for Sofia came from his own life growing up. Likewise, his inspiration for Elena was due to family trips to places like Mexico and Spain.
Craig Gerber is an American television creator, known primarily for creating the Disney Junior series, ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' and ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' .
He was raised in outer suburban New York. His mother and father divorced when he was eight years old. His father remarried and had another son while his mother had a boyfriend who had a daughter of his own. Having a family that was not “together” made him feel rather uneasy, but after he discovered that these kinds of families were more common than he thought, he was inspired to create Sofia the First.
Gerber was raised in outer suburban New York. His mother and father divorced when he was eight years old. His father remarried and had another son while his mother had a boyfriend who had a daughter of his own. Having a family that was not “together” made Gerber feel like uneasy, but after he discovered that these kinds of families were more common than he thought, he was inspired to create Sofia the First.
He graduated from University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His career skyrocketed after he entered a screenwriting showcase at his school, which led to a major Hollywood studio displaying his first screenplay. Gerber has also won awards for directing his comedic short “Film Time” and won Best Narrative Short at the Sonoma Valley Film Festival and Best Digital Short at the Sedona Film Festival in 2003. Before branching off into children’s television, Craig Gerber previously worked at Pixie Hollow Games and wrote screenplays for Rogue Pictures, Radar Pictures, and Intrepid Films.
His inspiration for Sofia came about when he was approached by Nancy Kanter, a major crew member at Disney Junior who asked him for an idea for a children’s show revolving around a princess during her childhood. He was determined to give a modern spin of the classic “fairy tale” element of the pitch. When he was stuck in traffic while driving in Los Angeles, he immediately looked at his childhood and found inspiration with his own home life to create a show with a family that many children could identify with.
With a heavy focus on exploring Latin and Hispanic culture, magic, mythology, folklore, music, food, and customs, following his success with Sofia the First, Gerber went on to create Elena of Avalor in July 2016. He was aware that there had been many Disney princesses of color, but not one of Hispanic roots. He was careful not to state what country she is exactly from, but rather incorporate the “influence” of the location. He stated “What Disney really does well is create fairytale kingdoms,” he explained. “It makes it very inclusive—you don’t have to pick just one nationality. No one really asked if Arendelle was Norway or Sweden, it’s just inspired by a Scandinavian country. The idea for us was that we wanted Avalor to be more broadly accessible.”
When Sofia the First had first launched, there was some confusion as to whether Princess Sofia was the first Latina Disney princess or not. This derived from Sofia’s mother, Queen Miranda, appearing to be Hispanic with darker skin and features. This was a false statement made by a producer which has since been disproven by Craig and a few more members of the Sofia the First crew. He explains in an interview with ABC news: “What the experience from Sofia showed me was what a demand there was a for a Latina princess,” he said. “That a misstatement that was made by a producer could snowball virally into this announcement that was never made. And Sofia was not Latina and never meant to be the first Latina princess. But it did really illustrate the fact that people really wanted a Latina princess, and I think it certainly bubbled in my mind and was part of what inspired me to come up with this idea.”
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!!Craig Gerber's most notable works include:
* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'' (2012-2018) (creator, co-executive producer, writer, occasional voice actor)
* The ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' film, "Tinkerbell And The Pirate Fairy" (2014) (co-story writer)
* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'' (2016-present) (creator, co-executive producer, writer, occasional voice actor)
* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaAndTheSecretOfAvalor'' (2016) (crossover movie between Sofia The First and Elena Of Avalor) (co-writer)
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!!Craig Gerber's works follow these tropes:
* AdoredByTheNetwork: His shows get plenty of airtime even when reruns were reduced in later years.
* AllStarCast: His works have a very strong cast of notable voice actors and notable on camera actors.
* CanonWielding: Sofia The First is connected to ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' due to the Disney Princess appearances, Merlin, and the Three Good Fairies. Given how [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida]] also appeared, Pixar also counts. By extension, Elena also counts since her origin also involves Sofia.
* ChildrenVoicingChildren: For many of the young characters , they're voiced by actors who either start voicing them as kids or teenagers, or end up being replaced by a younger actor due to puberty.
* CreatorCameo: He voiced some minor characters on Sofia.
* GirlShowGhetto: While the target audience of his major projects are young girls in the Disney Junior audience, he avoids this by also not being afraid to branch out to a wider crowd.
* PeripheryDemographic: Both of his shows manage to gain large fanbases outside of the Disney Junior audience.
* ProductionPosse: His works share a few voice actors like Creator/JessHarnell, Creator/GreyDeLisle Griffin, Creator/MickWingert, Creator/KeithFerguson, Creator/CarlosAlazraqui, and Creator/KariWahlgren, among others. Creator/SamRiegel is also his go to voice director.
* RealLifeRelative: His sons have some done some voice work in his shows, notably Maximilian as Zingo, one of Migs' kids, on Elena.
* RoleReprisal: Almost all of the appearances of Disney Canon characters on Sofia have their original and/or current voice actors reprising the role.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: His works are not afraid to go to darker places, but are still idealistic and hopeful at the end of the day.
* VoicesInOneRoom: It's not always the case when the actors are busy, but this trope applies when schedules align.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: His inspiration for Sofia came from his own life growing up. Likewise, his inspiration for Elena was due to family trips to places like Mexico and Spain.
