Maurice Sendak (1928–2012)
Writer | Producer | Production Designer
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Known For
Where the Wild Things Are Writer (2009) -
Little Bear Writer (1995-2003) -
Where the Wild Things Are Writer (1975) -
Known For
Really Rosie Writer (1975) -
Writer
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Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
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Little Bear (1995-2003)
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Seven Little Monsters (2000-2003) -
The Little Bear Movie (2001) -
In the Night Kitchen (1987) -
Nutcracker (1986) -
Higglety Pigglety Pop! (1985) -
Where the Wild Things Are (1984) -
Simple Gifts (1977) -
![Where the Wild Things Are]( "Where the Wild Things Are")
Where the Wild Things Are (1975) -
Chicken Soup with Rice (1975)
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Writer
![Really Rosie]( "Really Rosie")
Really Rosie (1975) -
Producer
![Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life]( "Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life")
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![Where the Wild Things Are]( "Where the Wild Things Are")
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) -
![The Little Bear Movie]( "The Little Bear Movie")
The Little Bear Movie (2001) -
![Seven Little Monsters]( "Seven Little Monsters")
Seven Little Monsters (2000) -
![George and Martha]( "George and Martha")
George and Martha (1999-2000) -
Producer
![Little Bear]( "Little Bear")
Little Bear (1995) -
Actor
![Angels in America]( "Angels in America")
Angels in America Rabbi on Bench #2 (2003) -
Chicken Soup with Rice Jenny's Bark (1975)
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Actor
![Really Rosie]( "Really Rosie")
Really Rosie Jenny's Bark (1975) -
Soundtrack
![The Dresden Dolls: In Paradise]( "The Dresden Dolls: In Paradise")
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Soundtrack
![Seasons of the Heart]( "Seasons of the Heart")
Seasons of the Heart (1994) -
DirectorChicken Soup with Rice (1975)
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Director
![Really Rosie]( "Really Rosie")
Really Rosie (1975) -
Production Designer
![Hansel und Gretel]( "Hansel und Gretel")
Hansel und Gretel (1999) -
![Nutcracker]( "Nutcracker")
Nutcracker (1986) -
![Higglety Pigglety Pop!]( "Higglety Pigglety Pop!")
Higglety Pigglety Pop! (1985) -
![Where the Wild Things Are]( "Where the Wild Things Are")
Where the Wild Things Are (1984) -
Production Designer
![Live from Lincoln Center]( "Live from Lincoln Center")
Live from Lincoln Center (1983) -
![The Love for Three Oranges]( "The Love for Three Oranges")
The Love for Three Oranges (1982) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![Little Bear]( "Little Bear")
Little Bear (1995) -
![Northern Exposure]( "Northern Exposure")
Northern Exposure (1991) -
Miscellaneous Crew
![Return to Oz]( "Return to Oz")
Return to Oz (1985) -
![Zlateh the Goat]( "Zlateh the Goat")
Zlateh the Goat (1966) -
Costume Designer
![Last Dance]( "Last Dance")
Last Dance (2002) -
![Hansel und Gretel]( "Hansel und Gretel")
Hansel und Gretel (1999) -
Costume Designer
![Nutcracker]( "Nutcracker")
Nutcracker (1986) -
![Live from Lincoln Center]( "Live from Lincoln Center")
Live from Lincoln Center (1983) -
Art Department
![Last Dance]( "Last Dance")
Last Dance (2002) -
![Jackanory]( "Jackanory")
Jackanory (1971) -
Art DirectorHansel and Gretel (1998)
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![Really Rosie]( "Really Rosie")
Really Rosie (1975) -
Archive footage
![The Colbert Report]( "The Colbert Report")
The Colbert Report (2012) -
Music DepartmentChicken Soup with Rice (1975)
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Awards
1 win & 4 nominations.Did You Know
Trivia
Produced more than a dozen books of his own and illustrated more than seventy stories by other authors.
Quotes
[Interview by Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report (2005), 1/25/2012] Newt Gingrich is an idiot of great renown. There is something so hopelessly gross and vile about him, that it's hard to take him seriously.
Trademark
His works frequently depict a child entering an imaginative or dream related world or setting.
Nickname
The Picasso of Children's Books
Star Sign
Gemini
Personal Details
Born
Maurice Bernard Sendak
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
(age 83)
Danbury, Connecticut, USA
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