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Dan & Nuria Wicksman

Animation screenwriters

Curious George: Royal Monkey
Pocoyo
Rainbow Ruby
Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch
Thomas & Friends
Kim & Jim's Wormhole
Timmy Time
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We love crafting stories that entertain and uplift.

We specialize in comedy, adventure and fantasy shows for 4 to 11 year-olds.

Our animation writing services include consulting, scriptwriting, story editing and development.

If you are in need of quality storytelling, contact us.

Producers and showrunners value our...

Respect for their needs, schedules and deadlines.

Original ideas and quality storytelling that both fit the IP and make it stand out.

Strong international perspective and experience.

About us

We are a married team of freelance animation screenwriters with 20 years' experience.

  • We have written for production companies in more than 15 countries, including USA, UK, Spain, Germany, Australia, China and South Korea.

  • Clients include Universal Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Animation, the BBC, Aardman Animations, Blue Zoo, Splash Entertainment, Nickelodeon and CJ ENM.

  • Dan is originally from the UK and Nuria was born in Spain. We each have dual citizenship (UK/USA and Spain/USA) and are currently based in Los Angeles.

Animation Reel

Reel showcasing select animation projects we have written on:

Pocoyo, Curious George: Royal Monkey, Valt the Wonder Deer, Kim & Jim's Wormhole, Dive Olly Dive!, Rainbow Ruby, Thomas & Friends, and Sabrina: Secrets of a Teenage Witch.

Feature Films

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CURIOUS GEORGE: ROYAL MONKEY

Universal Animation Studios

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SANTA'S MAGIC CRYSTAL

Epidem Zot and Conectoon

Pre-school TV

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Thomas & friends

2 episodes for HIT Entertainment

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Pocoyo

7 specials + Head Writers on Season 5 for Zinkia Entertainment.

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Timmy time

2 episodes for Aardman Animations

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Rainbow Ruby

15 episodes for WildBrain, CJ ENM, China Entertainment

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Roary

4 episodes for Chapman Entertainment

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The Koala Brothers

4 episodes for Spellbound / BBC

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Dive Olly dive!

11 episodes for Splash Entertainment / GDC

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Little Princess

5 episodes for Illuminated Films / TV Loonland

6 to 11 TV

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Sabrina: Secrets of a teenage witch

7 episodes for Splash Entertainment / Disney Channels

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Kim & Jim's Wormhole

10 episodes for Jetavana / Escape Velocity

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Bubble's Hotel

Development & 2 pilot scripts for Epic Story Media

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Gummy Bear & Friends

Story Editors / lead writers for Toonz

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Those Scurvy Rascals

2 episodes for Blue Zoo / Nickelodeon UK

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Valt the Wonder Deer

4 episodes for DreamEast Pictures

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Norman Normal

2 episodes for Tele Images / Magma

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Weird Waters

Story development & Consulting producers on 5 seasons for Meticulous Media

Services

We love crafting stories that entertain and uplift.

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CONSULTING

A fresh perspective on your project

We assess your project's strengths and areas to improve from our perspective of 20 years of international experience.

SCRIPTWRITING

Reliable and professional creativity

Fast, quality writing on episodes of an existing show;
or full drafts of a feature film.

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STORY EDITING

Understanding your writing needs

We lead a team of writers to deliver multiple episode scripts simultaneously.

WRITING DEVELOPMENT

Making your project stand out in the global marketplace

We help develop your show by writing a pitch bible, episode storylines and pilot episode(s).

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Testimonials

"Dan and Nuria Wicksman are two extremely talented live-action and animation writers. As a story-editor, I could always count on them to deliver a solid and entertaining first draft. Besides being great writers, they are enjoyable to work with. I wholeheartedly recommend them for scriptwriting on any show."

Denise Downer, Screenwriter & Story Editor (Avengers Assemble, Tom & Jerry in New York)

"Dan y Nuria son un equipo de guionistas fantástico; dominan perfectamente los mecanismos de la narración audiovisual pero no se limitan a seguir los dogmas o los protocolos formales; saben interpretar las ideas de los directores y adaptar las narraciones al tono y lenguaje que el proyecto pida en cada momento. Siempre trabajan a favor de obra y son muy rigurosos. Y lo más importante: son gente muuuuuuuuy divertida."

("Dan and Nuria are a fantastic team of screenwriters; they perfectly master the craft of audiovisual storytelling, but they don't limit themselves to following dogmas or cliches. They know how to interpret the ideas of the directors and adapt the stories to the tone and language the project needs. They always do what’s best for the show and are very thorough. And the most important thing: they are veeeerrrryyyy funny folk.")

Paulo Alfaya, Director (Pocoyo, season 5)

"Dan and Nuria are an extremely talented writing team. They brought so much warmth, humor, and excitement to our series...We have nothing but great things to say about them!"

Joshua Staman, SVP of Development at Meticulous Media LLC

"I had the best experience working with Dan and Nuria who poured their signature quirkiness, humor, and heart into many episodes...They're fast and fun, too! I would jump at the chance to work with Dan and Nuria again."

Noelle Wright, Screenwriter / Story Editor / Producer (Doc McStuffins, Rainbow Ruby, StarBeam)

"Both Dan and Nuria are great screenwriters. They are familiar with children's animation and are very good at working with our team in the Kim and Jim's Wormhole. It was great to work with them."

Lei Wang 王雷, Founder / CCO at Escape Velocity Animation Studio

"Talent, professionalism, and speed. Dan [with Nuria] has written several live action and puppet scripts for our children's English Language Learning series. He has the ideal combination of being easy to work with, turning work around fast, and generating plenty of creative ideas."

Barbara Schwartz, Supervising Writer at Age Of Learning, Inc.

Do you want to know more?

Ask us for our availability and/or writing samples.

dan@wicksmanwriters.com

Based in Los Angeles, California, USA

Agents: Donna Felten & Kelly Calder at Natural Talent, Inc

NTI@naturaltalentinc.com 

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