Emmy-nominated producer Sidney Clifton has over twenty years of experience as an executive producer and development executive of animated and live-action content across multiple platforms.

Sidney serves as Jim Henson Company’s Senior Vice President of Animation and Mixed Media, and as Senior Consultant with Black Women Animate. As a mentor and recruiter, she has been a featured speaker at colleges and universities across North America.

Her passion for developing and supporting the underserved community of writers, artists, storytellers and creators was the catalyst for her launching The Clifton House; a writer’s and artist’s workshop and retreat space centered at her childhood home in Baltimore Maryland—the home she shared with her five siblings and parents, educator/activist Fred J. Clifton and National Book Award winning poet and author Lucille Clifton.

I am lucky to meet with creative studios from across North America every day, helping them find easy ways to deliver their stories and connecting them to new artists whenever I can!

With over 25 years of experience in the 2D animation industry, Toon Boom stands out with its commitment to learning from our community of artists to release amazing tools you can use in your projects.