---
name: "Judy Freudberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/judy-freudberg"
fi1m_id: "judy-freudberg"
imdb_id: "nm0294440"
tmdb_id: 71446
wikidata_id: "Q6304441"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 July 1949"
died: "10 June 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T20:29:35.382208+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Judy Freudberg

## Identity

Judy Freudberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/judy-freudberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** judy-freudberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0294440
- **TMDB ID:** 71446
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6304441
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Freudberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6304441, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294440/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71446

Writer. Born 12 July 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Died 10 June 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 July 1949, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- **Died:** 10 June 2012
- **Active:** 1986–1988
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Freudberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6304441, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294440/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71446

## Biography

Judy Freudberg was an American television and film writer. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in speech and dramatic arts. She joined the production of *Sesame Street* in 1971, initially as an assistant, and became a writer in 1975, contributing for 35 years until 2010.

Freudberg shared 17 Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on the series and served as head writer for the segment *Elmo's World*. With Tony Geiss she wrote the screenplay for the animated feature *An American Tail* (1986) and contributed to *The Land Before Time* (1988) and *Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird* (1985). She died in Manhattan in 2012.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Land Before Time* (1988), Fi1m 72, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/the-land-before-time.md)
- *An American Tail* (1986), Fi1m 71, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-tail.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave* (2016), Characters
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Let's Play Music* (2010), Writer
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: All About Faces* (2009), Writer
- *Sesame Street: Elmo and the Bookaneers: Pirates Who Love to Read!* (2009), Writer
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Opposites* (2008), Writer
- *The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends* (2007), Characters
- *The Land Before Time* (2007), series, Creator
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy?* (2007), Writer
- *The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers* (2006), Characters
- *The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses* (2005), Characters
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Families, Mail & Bath Time!* (2004), Writer
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!* (2004), Writer
- *The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration* (2003), Characters
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Head to Toe with Elmo!* (2003), Writer
- *The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water* (2002), Characters
- *Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse* (2002), Writer
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Springtime Fun!* (2002), Writer
- *The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze* (2001), Characters
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Wild Wild West!* (2001), Writer
- *The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire* (2000), Characters
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Singing, Drawing & More!* (2000), Writer
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Flowers, Bananas & More!* (2000), Writer
- *Between the Lions* (2000), series, Writer
- *The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock* (1998), Characters
- *The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street* (1998), Writer
- *The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island* (1997), Characters
- *The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists* (1996), Characters
- *The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving* (1995), Characters
- *The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure* (1994), Characters
- *Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989* (1989), Writer
- *The Land Before Time* (1988), Story — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-land-before-time.md)
- *An American Tail* (1986), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-tail.md)
- *Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories* (1986), Writers' Assistant
- *Follow That Bird* (1985), Writer
- *Sesame Street* (1969), series, Writer
- *Super Mario Galaxy*, series, Creator

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