Deborah Forte
Deborah Forte is a film and television producer. She is the former president of president of Scholastic Media and the founder of the production label Silvertongue Films.
Works
Clifford the Big Red Dog
As Emily struggles to fit in at home and at school, she discovers a small red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. When Clifford magically undergoes one heck of a growth spurt, becomes a gigantic dog and attracts the attention of a genetics company, Emily and her Uncle Casey have to fight the forces of greed as they go on the run across New York City. Along the way, Clifford affects the lives of everyone around him and teaches Emily and her uncle the true meaning of acceptance and unconditional love.
Release Date: 2021-11-10
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 1754
His Dark Materials
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. She is later joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows between worlds. As she learns the truth about her parents and her prophesied destiny, the two young people are caught up in a war against celestial powers that ranges across many worlds.
Release Date: 2019-11-03
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 23
Vote Count: 1726
Mortal Engines
Many thousands of years in the future, Earth’s cities roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive traction cities, the old London, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected encounter with a mysterious young woman from the wastelands who will change the course of his life forever.
Release Date: 2018-11-27
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 4790
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Be careful what you wish for. With their after school junk business, best friends Sonny and Sam hope to find treasure in other people’s trash. But when cleaning out the old Stine house, they open a locked book that frees a supernatural nightmare – Slappy! Now, with the help of Sonny’s sister Sarah, they’re in a race against time to get the sinister dummy and all the creatures he’s brought to life back into the pages before he unleashes total pandemonium!
Release Date: 2018-10-11
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 1552
Goosebumps
After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.
Release Date: 2015-08-05
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 3822
Astroblast!
Run by a cast of animal characters including Comet, Halley, Sputnik, Radar, Jet and Sal the Octopus, the Astroblast! Space Station is the coolest hangout in the galaxy. Through the crew's friendship, the series imparts important messages about how to embrace differences, model positive relationships and foster healthy habits to be the best good-will ambassadors in the universe.
Release Date: 2014-07-21
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 52
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories
The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories is a compilation of five of Eric Carle’s most popular stories. In The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a tiny caterpillar eats and eats... and eats his way through the week; Papa, Please Get The Moon For Me shows a young girl asking her father for the moon, but he discovers that the moon is very, very big. The Very Quiet Cricket is about a cricket who finally finds his voice and The Mixed-Up Chameleon learns an important lesson about being himself. Finally, I See A Song invites audiences on a magical musical journey. But can you really see a song?
Release Date: 2010-06-15
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 4
Turbo Dogs
Turbo Dogs is a television show that airs on Qubo and Kids' CBC. The show is based on the book Racer Dogs by Bob Kolar. The show premiered on October 3, 2008. The show was not renewed for a second season.
Release Date: 2008-10-03
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 8
The Golden Compass
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
Release Date: 2007-12-04
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 4604
WordGirl
WordGirl is an American children’s animated television series for children aged 9 –12, produced by the Soup2Nuts animation unit of Scholastic Entertainment for PBS Kids. The show began as a series of shorts that premiered on PBS Kids Go! on November 10, 2006, usually shown at the end of Maya & Miguel; the segment was then spun off into a new thirty-minute episodic series that premiered on September 3, 2007 on most Public Broadcasting Service member stations. This animated show is aimed at children six to twelve years old, but viewers older than this demographic have been reported as well. It is designed to teach about the expansive English language and its vocabulary. All four seasons each have twenty-six episodes. The show is also seen on some educational networks in Canada, including Knowledge in British Columbia and TVOntario, as well as Discovery Kids in Latin America. The program is also syndicated internationally in places such as Australia and Italy.
Release Date: 2007-09-07
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 209
Vote Count: 16
Maya & Miguel
Centering around the lives of pre-teen Hispanic twins named Maya and Miguel Santos and their friends, the program is aimed at promoting multiculturalism and education in general. It is geared to the 5-9 age range. Part of the dialogue in each episode in the English version is in Spanish but only individual words or phrases which are explained in English.
Release Date: 2004-10-11
Department: Writing
Job: Story Developer
Episode Count: 70
Vote Count: 5
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Fearing that he costs too much to feed, Clifford decides to join a traveling carnival so he can enter a talent contest in hopes of winning a lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies treats. Joined by his friends Cleo and T-Bone, Clifford meets up with Shackleford the High-Flying Ferret and Rodrigo Chihuahua of Steel, as they work together to turn a broken-down act into a record-breaking show.
Release Date: 2004-02-20
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 37
Stellaluna
Based on the beloved children's book, this fun-filled animated feature follows a spirited young fruit bat who finds friendship, love and acceptance in the most unexpected places! Brimming with music, laughter, warmth and excitement, Stellaluna is sure to capture your heart. When the adorable fruit bat Stellaluna is separated from her mother, she is adopted by a family of birds, but soon finds that she just can't fit in. Her playmates like to sleep at night; she wants to fly. They whistle and sing; she doesn't even have a beak! But just when it seems like she'll always be an outsider, Stellaluna makes an amazing discovery. Now she'll learn to cherish the things that make her different from everyone else. And she'll see that an open mind and an open heart can lead to the greatest gifts of all.
Release Date: 2004-01-01
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 2
Clifford's Puppy Days
Clifford's Puppy Days is a short-lived animated children's television series that originally aired on PBS Kids from 15 September 2003 to 13 October 2004. A spin-off of the original Clifford the Big Red Dog, it is set before the original series, and features the adventures of Clifford during his puppy days before he grew. The series was cancelled in 2004 following low ratings. Reruns aired regularly following the cancellation, though they were halted in 2006. Since then, occasional reruns continue to air. In the UK the show aired on CBeebies.
Release Date: 2003-09-01
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 40
Vote Count: 9
I Spy
Drawn from the beloved books by Jean Marzollo and Walter Wick, this fun-filled series follows Spyler and his dog CeCe as they hunt for hidden obiects in their oversized world.
Release Date: 2002-12-14
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 26
Vote Count: 2
Tuck Everlasting
Teenager Winnie Foster is growing up in a small rural town in 1914 with her loving but overprotective parents, but Winnie longs for a life of greater freedom and adventure.
Release Date: 2002-10-11
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 473
Clifford the Big Red Dog
The adventures of a larger-than-life red dog on Bridwell Island.
Release Date: 2000-09-04
Department: Crew
Job: Creator
Episode Count: 130
Vote Count: 77
Dear America
Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.
Release Date: 1999-03-14
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 12
Animorphs
Five kids are given the power to morph into any creature they wish to help them fight villainous Visser Three and his fellow Yeerks, a breed of parasitic aliens threatening Earth.
Release Date: 1998-09-15
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 26
Vote Count: 19
The Mighty
Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not authorized to go out. Being the social outcasts of the town, Kevin and Maxwell come to realize that they are similar to each other and accept that they are "freaks" and nothing will stop them.
Release Date: 1998-06-01
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 254
Goosebumps: The Perfect School
When he pulls yet another prank on his little brother, Brian's parents decide to send him to a summer school which claims to be perfect. After being there a few days, though, he begins to suspect something sinister is afoot.
Release Date: 1997-11-15
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 7
Goosebumps: A Shocker on Shock Street
When Erin's special effects whiz father gives she and her friend Marty the first tickets to a new theme park ride, they think they have won the jackpot. However, when the ride breaks down midway through, things quickly go from bad to worse.
Release Date: 1997-09-06
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 4
Goosebumps: The Blob That Ate Everyone
Dreaming of becoming a big-time writer, young Zack comes across a strange old typewriter and begins composing a horror story about a voracious pink blob monster -- only to discover that every word he types comes true. When the creature gobbles up the magic typewriter itself, Zack must figure out how to get rid of the beast in this episode from the spooky kids' series.
Release Date: 1997-07-19
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 8
Goosebumps
Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
Release Date: 1995-10-27
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 71
Vote Count: 592
The Baby-Sitters Club
Seven junior-high-school girls organize a daycare camp for children while at the same time experiencing classic adolescent growing pains.
Release Date: 1995-08-18
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 94
The Magic School Bus
An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.
Release Date: 1994-09-10
Department: Production
Job: Executive In Charge Of Production
Episode Count: 52
Vote Count: 112
The World of Eric Carle
A series of five of Eric Carle’s most popular stories which bring the wonders of the world surrounding young children into focus.
Release Date: 1993-09-11
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Episode Count: 5
Vote Count: 4
Clifford's Fun with Letters
An animated film starring Clifford, the Big Red Dog. He and his pal, Emily Elizabeth, want to go to the circus but they have no money for tickets. They decide to earn money by opening a message service, but finding all the letters and spelling all the messages can be tricky. This program is designed to provide a child with some of the essential tools for learning to read.
Release Date: 1988-01-01
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Vote Count: 1
Clifford's Fun with Numbers
Children can learn about numbers with everyone's favorite large red dog.
Release Date: 1988-01-01
Department: Production
Job: Executive Producer
Clifford’s Sing-Along Adventure
Clifford the Big Red Dog and some of his friends take you on a fun-filled musical adventure. The home viewer is invited to participate in the singing, dancing, and clapping as well as making up their own verses to such childhood classics as "Old McDonald Had a Farm," "Row, Row, Row Your Boat," and "I've Been Working on the Railroad," to name a few. Clever animation is effectively mixed with live action; young children will have a good time watching and participating in this video again and again. Fourteen songs in all. (Ages 3 to 8) --Peggy Maltby-Etra
Release Date: 1986-01-01
Department: Production
Job: Co-Executive Producer