Jeffrey Lesser (producer)


Jeffrey Lesser is a music producer for Nickelodeon. He has received ten Emmy Award nominations for his work on Wonder Pets!, winning four of them.
Lesser was a music director and producer at Little Airplane Productions for thirteen years. He has produced records for Barbra Streisand and Loudon Wainwright III, among others.

Biography

Jeffrey Lesser was born on the Upper West Side of New York City, where he also began his career. Lesser joined Little Airplane Productions in 2003 to work on later episodes of Oobi and soon became the company's musical director, composing all pieces for Little Airplane series 3rd & Bird, Small Potatoes, P. King Duckling, Wonder Pets! and others. He has also produced music for various theater productions, including The Rocky Horror Show, The Last Five Years, Tick, Tick... Boom! and Parade.

Awards

Lesser has been nominated for ten Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Awards, all for his work on the Wonder Pets! series.
YearPresenterCategory/AwardWorkStatusRef.
200835th Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Music Direction and CompositionWonder Pets!rowspan="2"
200936th Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Music Direction and CompositionWonder Pets!-
200936th Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Sound Editing - Live Action and AnimationWonder Pets!
201037th Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Music Direction and CompositionWonder Pets!
201037th Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Pre-School Children's SeriesWonder Pets!
201138th Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Music Direction and CompositionWonder Pets!
201239th Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Pre-School Children's SeriesWonder Pets!
201239th Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Music Direction and CompositionWonder Pets!
201441st Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Music Direction and CompositionWonder Pets!rowspan="2"
201441st Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Pre-School Children's Animated ProgramWonder Pets!-