Jennifer Pertsch is a Canadian writer, producer, and one of the founding partners of

Fresh TV Fresh TV Inc. (formerly Fresh Animation) is a Canadian production company specializing in family entertainment aimed at Preadolescence, preteens and Adolescence, teenagers, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Shows that have been broadcast interna ...

, a Toronto-based production studio specializing in teen and family oriented television projects. She began her career as a writer for

Nelvana Nelvana Limited (; also known as Nelvana Enterprises, Nelvana International or Nelvana Digital; commonly known as Nelvana; stylized as "nelvana") is a Canadian animation studio and entertainment production company owned by Corus Entertainment s ...

Ltd., before moving to Fresh TV. She co-created and executive produced ''

6teen ''6teen'' is a Canadian Flash animated teen comedy drama television series created by Jennifer Pertsch and Tom McGillis which originally aired for four seasons and 93 episodes on Teletoon from November 7, 2004, until February 11, 2010. Major ...

'', '' Stoked'', ''

Total Drama Island ''Total Drama Island '' (sometimes shortened to ''TDI'') is the first season of the ''Total Drama, Total Drama series'', a Canadian animated television series created by Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch. The series premiered in Canada on T ...

'', ''

Total Drama Action ''Total Drama Action'' (abbreviated ''TDA'') is a Canadian animated television series. It is the second season of ''Total Drama'', airing after ''Total Drama Island''. It premiered on Teletoon on January 11, 2009. This season was also created by ...

'', and ''

Total Drama World Tour ''Total Drama World Tour'' (often shortened as ''TDWT'' and formerly titled ''Total Drama, the Musical'') is the third season of the ''Total Drama'' series. The series' extension was commissioned by Teletoon from the producers, Fresh TV. The seaso ...

''.

Awards

In 2007, ''6teen'' was awarded the Alliance for Children and Television's "Award of Excellence, Animation" for programming for children, ages 9–14. She has received an

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...

nomination for her writing on the award-winning series ''

Rolie Polie Olie ''Rolie Polie Olie'' is an animated television series created by William Joyce, and is produced by Nelvana in co-production with French broadcaster La Cinquième/France 5. It was produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporati ...

'', and a

Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in t ...

nomination for best animated program or series for ''

''.

References

External links

Fresh TV Inc.'s homepage
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