Jill Sanford

Jill Sanford

Birthday: March 10

Jill Sanford is a versatile exec and producer in the kids space, having worked on some of the biggest franchises and most-watched kids and family properties in the last 15 years. During her time at Netflix, Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, she has developed and overseen Emmy-winning animated hits such as Carmen Sandiego, The Loud House, Phineas and Ferb and Disney Mickey Mouse.

Jill Sanford is a versatile exec and producer in the kids space, having worked on some of the biggest franchises and most-watched kids and family properties in the last 15 years. During her time at Netflix, Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, she has developed and overseen Emmy-winning animated hits such as Carmen Sandiego, The Loud House, Phineas and Ferb and Disney Mickey Mouse.

She has also shepherded Netflix preschool series such as Llama Llama, Super Monsters, and Hello Ninja, as well as Disney live-action juggernauts Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

Currently Jill is producing both for Sony Pictures Animation and independently.

updated 4.29.20

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Kim Coleman, Jill Sanford and Bryan Leder
2021 Animation, Children's Programming and Daytime Programming Nominee Celebration
2019 Animation & Children’s Programming Nominee Reception
2018 Animation and Children's Programming Nominee Reception
2018 Animation and Children's Programming Nominee Reception
2018 Animation and Children's Programming Nominee Reception
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(From left) Television Academy governors Kim Coleman, Jill Sanford and Bryan Leder

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2021 Animation, Children's Programming and Daytime Programming Nominee Celebration
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Shannon Prynoski, Nicole Rivera, and Television Academy Governor Jill Sanford attend the 73rd Emmy Awards Nominee Celebration honoring this year’s nominees for Outstanding Animation, Children's Programming and Daytime Programming at the Television Academy on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 in North Hollywood, California.

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2019 Animation & Children’s Programming Nominee Reception
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Melissa Kurtz, Television Academy Governor Jill Sanford, Dan Evans, Courtney Sanford, and Television Academy Governors Troy Underwood and Jill Daniels at the 2019 Animation & Children’s Programming Nominee Reception on Friday, September 6, 2019 at the Television Academy in North Hollywood, California.

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2018 Animation and Children's Programming Nominee Reception
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Television Academy Governor Jill Sanford, Heather Wordham, Bob Heath, Matthew Carlson, and Television Academy Governor Dan Evans, III at the 2018 Animation and Children's Programming Nominee Reception at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center on Friday, August 24, 2018, in North Hollywood, California.

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2018 Animation and Children's Programming Nominee Reception
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Television Academy Governor Jill Sanford, Henry Gilroy, Carrie Beck, and Television Academy Governor Dan Evans, III at the 2018 Animation and Children's Programming Nominee Reception at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center on Friday, August 24, 2018, in North Hollywood, California.

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2018 Animation and Children's Programming Nominee Reception
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Television Academy Governors Janet Dimon, Jill Daniels, Jill Sanford, and Dan Evans, III at the 2018 Animation and Children's Programming Nominee Reception at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center on Friday, August 24, 2018, in North Hollywood, California.

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