Wendy Lobel, Producer
A 25-year veteran of the television business, Wendy Lobel’s work at Lucky Duck Productions as producer has spanned two decades. Currently a producer of specials for Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, she has helped create dozens of programs of special interest to kids, from young people dealing with hunger in their lives, the debate over fracking, to teenagers who have undergone plastic surgery. Wendy also produced specials for Nickelodeon’s critically acclaimed campaign series, Kids Pick the President, in 2008 and 2012.
Lobel has an intuitive ability to find depth in characters and stories and put interview subjects at ease. She has had the privilege of interviewing hundreds of fascinating people of all ages, including countless public figures, such as President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, comedians Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers, singer Neil Young, actors Meryl Streep and Owen Wilson, and skateboarder Tony Hawk.
Wendy’s work has been recognized by the industry with Emmy, CableACE, Genesis and Peabody Awards for her work with Nickelodeon’s Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, and a Gracie Award for the Lifetime biography, Intimate Portrait: Ann Richards.
Lobel’s other credits include Uncommon Americans for A&E, Inside TV Land: Primetime Politics for TV Land, The Mating Game for MSNBC, the real-life Adoption series for Hallmark Entertainment, Royal Weddings and a dozen Intimate Portraits for Lifetime, four episodes of They Started on Soaps for SOAPnet, and several programs for VH1, including Driven: Jennifer Lopez and Driven: Marilyn Manson. Lobel also produced five documentaries distributed by American Public Television: Bold Visions: Women in Science & Technology, The Innovators: Designing the Future, The Spirit of Women, The Wonder of Toddlers, and Mothers & Sons: Raising Compassionate Men.
Lobel earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science at the State University of New York at Binghamton. She began her media career in Binghamton as a reporter and host for the regional segments during National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. She went on to write and produce her first television documentary, The People vs. Mel Kramer, about New York State’s Mock Trial Tournament.
One of her proudest accomplishments is Someday, a fundraising film hosted by Sissy Spacek, which she developed and produced for the Children’s Brain Tumor Foundation in memory of her niece. Since 2009, Wendy has served as Vice President of Angelight Films, the non-profit organization that gives children with brain tumors the opportunity to create their own short films.
Wendy resides on New York City’s Upper West Side.