---
name: "Maurice Sendak"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/maurice-sendak"
fi1m_id: "maurice-sendak"
imdb_id: "nm0784124"
tmdb_id: 110564
wikidata_id: "Q314771"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "10 June 1928"
died: "8 May 2012"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T23:03:12.819324+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."
---

# Maurice Sendak

## Identity

Maurice Sendak

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/maurice-sendak
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** maurice-sendak
- **IMDb ID:** nm0784124
- **TMDB ID:** 110564
- **Wikidata ID:** Q314771
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Sendak, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784124/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/110564

Producer. Born 10 June 1928 in Brooklyn, New York United States. Died 8 May 2012.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 10 June 1928, Brooklyn, New York United States
- **Died:** 8 May 2012
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Sendak, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314771, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0784124/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/110564

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Where the Wild Things Are*](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Maurice Sendak was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He was born on 10 June 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, and died on 8 May 2012 in Danbury, Connecticut.

Sendak wrote and illustrated the 1963 picture book *Where the Wild Things Are*, which was adapted into a 2009 feature film directed by Spike Jonze. He served as a producer on the film. He also created the *Little Bear* books and wrote other works including *In the Night Kitchen* (1970) and *Outside Over There* (1981).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Fi1m 80, Producer, Book — [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Angels in America* (2003), Fi1m 83, as Rabbi on Bench #2 (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/tv/angels-in-america.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life* (2010), Executive Producer, Author
- *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009), Producer, Book — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/where-the-wild-things-are.md)
- *L'Enfant et les Sortilèges* (2009), Costume Design, Set Designer
- *Little Bear - Little Bear's Band* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Angels in America* (2003), series, as Rabbi on Bench #2 (uncredited) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/angels-in-america.md)
- *The Little Bear Movie* (2001), Executive Producer, Book
- *Where the Wild Things Are... and other Maurice Sendak Stories* (2001), Writer
- *Seven Little Monsters* (2000), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Little Bear: Little Goblin Bear* (1999), Creator
- *George and Martha* (1999), series, Executive Producer
- *Little Bear: Winter Tales* (1997), Creator, Writer
- *Little Bear: Family Tales* (1997), Creator
- *Little Bear* (1995), series, Story Editor, Executive Producer, Book, Creator
- *Max et les Maximonstres et autres histoires* (1991), Book
- *In The Night Kitchen* (1987), Author
- *Nutcracker: The Motion Picture* (1986), Production Design, Storyboard, Costume Design
- *Higglety Pigglety Pop! or, There Must Be More To Life* (1986), Book
- *Simple Gifts* (1977), Writer
- *Where the Wild Things Are* (1975), Book
- *Really Rosie* (1975), as Jenny's Bark · Director, Writer, Art Direction
- *One Was Johnny* (1962), Writer
- *Alligators All Around* (1962), as Jenny's Bark · Writer, Director
- *Chicken Soup With Rice*, Writer
- *Pierre: A Cautionary Tale*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Wicker Park. Artist: don’t fret (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/100513/gallery-f8eaf4af605a.jpg) Wicker Park. Artist: don’t fret (2012) — Seth Anderson from Chicago, us, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/I%27ll_Awyays_Be_a_Wild_Thing_-_RIP_Maurice_Sendak.jpg/1280px-I%27ll_Awyays_Be_a_Wild_Thing_-_RIP_Maurice_Sendak.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dedicated on August 15th, 2016...this was a surprise. Thanks to Maurice, I'll always know there's alligators all around in the night kitchen (but I don't care).](https://film.one/media/person/100513/gallery-ed27e7d1bdf1.jpg) Dedicated on August 15th, 2016...this was a surprise. Thanks to Maurice, I'll always know there's alligators all around in the night kitchen (but I don't care). — formulanone from Huntsville, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Maurice_Sendak_Memorial_Highway_%2832906542792%29.jpg/1280px-Maurice_Sendak_Memorial_Highway_%2832906542792%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Token of appreciation to stage manager, Roland Richard, by Maurice Sendak, on the program of The Magic Flute (1989) by the Opera/Music Theater Institute of New ](https://film.one/media/person/100513/gallery-f65276fd6038.jpg) Token of appreciation to stage manager, Roland Richard, by Maurice Sendak, on the program of The Magic Flute (1989) by the Opera/Music Theater Institute of New  — Saucoin, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Roland_Richard_and_Maurice_Sendak.jpg/1280px-Roland_Richard_and_Maurice_Sendak.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rosenbach Museum and Library 2008-2010 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA 19103 Home of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (1876-1952) and his brother Philip, book dealers and c (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/100513/gallery-c472696fe6d7.jpg) Rosenbach Museum and Library 2008-2010 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA 19103 Home of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (1876-1952) and his brother Philip, book dealers and c (2009) — Davidt8, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rosenbach_museum01.jpg/1280px-Rosenbach_museum01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rosenbach Museum and Library 2008-2010 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA 19103 Home of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (1876-1952) and his brother Philip, book dealers and c (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/100513/gallery-c6e6ce68504a.jpg) Rosenbach Museum and Library 2008-2010 Delancey Place Philadelphia, PA 19103 Home of Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (1876-1952) and his brother Philip, book dealers and c (2009) — Davidt8, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Rosenbach_museum02.jpg/1280px-Rosenbach_museum02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 6 won

- Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2003: Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (won)
- National Medal of Arts 1996: National Medal of Arts (won)
- Children's Literature Legacy Award 1983: Children's Literature Legacy Award (won)
- National Book Award 1982: National Book Award (won), for *Outside Over There*
- Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration 1970: Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration (won)
- Caldecott Medal 1964: Caldecott Medal (won), for *Where the Wild Things Are*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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