Birth Name: Lou Berger
Birth Date: 1950-08-21
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, Virgin Islands, U.S.
Career
First Appearances: - Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers (2012) as Writer
Most Important Roles: - Sesame Street (1969)
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996)
- Between the Lions (1999)
- Big Bag (1996)
Career Highlights:
Awards
Awards: - Nominated for 1 Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series (2009)
- Nominated for 1 Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series (2008)
- Nominated for 1 Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series (2007)
- Won Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series (2006)
- Nominated for 1 Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series (2005)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Music and Lyrics (2004)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Program (1998)
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Program (1997)
Full Biography
Lou G. Berger (born August 21, 1950) is a former head writer for Sesame Street. Berger was one of two writers that helped launch Reading Rainbow in the early 1980s and he co-wrote, with Judy Freudberg, the primetime special The Street We Live On, which was nominated for an Emmy as Outstanding Children's Program. Berger wrote the lyrics for the special's song "The Street I Live On", which was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Berger attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School, and is a graduate of Hofstra University and the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He also wrote for Nickelodeon's Pinwheel (TV series) and Hocus Focus (TV series).
Lou Berger
