David Rudman (Baby Bear, Cookie Monster, Two-Headed Monster)
Emmy® Award-nominated producer, writer, and puppeteer David Rudman is co-founder of Spiffy Pictures.
As a Muppet performer, David Rudman is an Emmy Award-winning puppeteer for Sesame Street, where he performs Cookie Monster, Baby Bear, and The Two-Headed Monster, as well as The Muppets’ Scooter, Janice, and Beaker.
Through Spiffy Pictures, Rudman serves as co-creator, executive producer, director, writer, puppeteer, and character designer on PBS KIDS’ Donkey Hodie. His work on the series earned him an Emmy Award nomination for Character Design and a Writers Guild Award nomination. He is also co-creator, executive producer, director, and character designer of the Emmy Award-nominated and Environmental Media Award-winning animated series Nature Cat for PBS KIDS.
Rudman’s additional television credits include co-creator, executive producer, director, and performer on Nick Jr.’s Emmy Award-nominated Jack’s Big Music Show; Disney’s Emmy Award-nominated Bunnytown; Nick Jr.’s Curious Buddies; and Nick Jr. Global’s Frankie and Frank. He also served as producer and director and performed Scooby-Doo in Scooby-Doo!: The Mystery Map.
Rudman’s most recent Muppet performance credits include the Emmy Award-winning The Muppet Show special. His film credits include Muppets Take Manhattan, Labyrinth, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Elmo in Grouchland, The Muppets, and Muppets Most Wanted.
