Emmy-nominated producer, Sidney has over twenty years of experience as an executive producer and development executive overseeing animated and mixed-media content. She currently serves as Head of Animation at Mattel TV Studios. Prior to this, she served as a producer and SVP of Animation and Mixed Media at The Jim Henson Company. Prior to the Henson Company, she brought her creative talents to Deluxe Animation Studios, Riot Games, Bento Box Entertainment and Film Roman Animation.

Her work includes the Children and Family nominated Slumberkins for The Jim Henson Company, where she also produced the animated Harriet the Spy series; Black Panther for BET, Me, Eloise! for Starz, The Happy Elf with Harry Connick Jr., Hellboy: Sword of Storms and Hellboy: Blood and Iron, Stan Lee's The Condor and Mosaic, among others.

In her role as mentor to emerging writers and artists, she has been a featured presenter, guest, and commencement speaker at colleges and universities across North America. Her passion for developing and supporting the underserved community of 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.

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