Emmy® Award winner Craig Gerber is creator and executive producer of
Disney Branded Television’s upcoming animated series “Firebuds,”
about a team of young kids, who are the children of first responders,
and their talking vehicle sidekicks as they embark on adventures
together and learn what it truly means to be a hero.

He is also creator/executive producer of Disney’s “Elena of
Avalor,” which follows Princess Elena, Disney’s first princess
inspired by diverse Latin cultures and folklore. Gerber received his
second Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Preschool Animated
Program for his work on the series.

Gerber also developed and served as executive producer of Disney
Junior’s hit award-winning animated series “Sofia the First,”
for which he won an Emmy Award for writing the series’ theme song.
He has also co-authored many of the “Sofia the First” storybooks.

Gerber has also written for the Disney Fairies film franchise. His
prior work includes writing screenplays for Rogue Pictures, Radar
Pictures and Intrepid Films.

A graduate of the University of Southern California’s School of
Cinema-Television, Gerber’s career took off after participating in a
screenwriting showcase at the university that led to a major Hollywood
studio optioning the first script he had ever written. Gerber is also
an award-winning short film director whose comedic short “Hang
Time” won Best Narrative Short at the Sonoma Valley Film Festival
and Best Digital Short at the Sedona Film Festival in 2003.

Originally from New York City, Gerber currently resides in Los Angeles
with his wife and three young sons, Miles, Desmond and Beau.
