Ford Riley

Ford Riley is an American producer, screenwriter and lyricist. He is best known for creating the Emmy Award nominatedDisney Junior animated television series Special Agent Oso. He most recently developed the animated television series The Lion Guard, based on Disney's The Lion King. Riley also serves as the series' executive producer.

Riley is a graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied theater and film. He studied briefly in Prague before returning to his hometown of Pittsburgh, where he worked at the Pittsburgh Public Theater and the Heinz Endowments. He has cited his time working in Pittsburgh as being a huge motivator to pursue his own artistic endeavors.

Upon relocating to Los Angeles, Riley began writing for animation in 1998, starting with Disney’s Timon & Pumbaa, followed by Recess, Teacher’s Pet and Teamo Supremo. He went on to work for Nickelodeon as a staff writer on ChalkZone and freelancer on Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!. His credits also include episodes of Megas XLR, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi and Hero 108 for Cartoon Network.

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