JEANNIE CHIA
Scriptwriter
KIDS CONTENT
Scriptwriting
MR MIDNIGHT:
BEWARE THE MONSTERS
World Media Festivals 2023
Children & Youth Entertainment Ages 12-18
- Gold
Asian Academy Creative Awards 2023
Best Children's Programme (One off/Series) - Grand Final Winner
ContentAsia Awards 2023
Best Kids TV Programme in Asia
- Silver
Live-action teen comedy-horror series
2 x 30min episodes
Produced by Beach House Pictures
Streaming on Netflix
View trailer >>
PUBERTEENS
Asian Academy Creative Awards 2022
Best Animated Programme or Series (2D or 3D) - National Winner
ContentAsia Awards 2022
Best Kids TV Programme in Asia
- Nominee
Tween animation series
Head Writer
16 x 12min episodes
Produced by Finding Pictures
for Mediacorp
View an episode >>
COUNTING WITH
PAULA S7
Pre-school animation series
4 x 11min episodes
Produced by Omen Studios for Mediacorp
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THE MISADVENTURE
OF CUBEMELT S1, S2
Kids animation series
(Non-dialogue)
Head Writer
15 x 3min episodes (S1)
16 x 3min episodes (S2)
Produced by 7 Steps Productions for Mediacorp
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MY BUDDY
BONEMASHER
Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021
Best Children's Programme
(One-off/Series) - National Winner
ContentAsia Awards 2021
Best Kids TV Programme
(Non-animated) - Nominee
Live-action kids comedy series
4 x 30min episodes
Produced by Beach House Kids for Mediacorp
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LIL WILD S1, S2, S3
ContentAsia Awards 2021
Best Kids 3D Animated Kids TV Programme - Nominee
Tween animation series
3 x 7min episodes (S1)
3 X 15min episodes (S2)
3 X 15min episodes (S3)
1 X 30min Special
Produced by Infinite Frameworks for Mediacorp
Streaming on Netflix
LEO THE WILDLIFE
RANGER S2
42nd Annual Telly Awards 2021
Animation Series - Silver Award
26th Asian Television Awards 2021
Best 3D Animated Programme - Nominee
Asian Academy Creative Awards 2021
Best Preschool Programme -
National Winner
Pre-school animation series
11 x 11min episodes
Produced by Omen Studios for ZooMoo Networks
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KOOKY'S CRAFTY
SHOW
Asian Academy Creative Awards 2019
Best Pre-school Programme -
Regional Winner
Live-action pre-school series
26 x 11min episodes
Produced by Beach House Kids for ZooMoo Networks
TEDDIES S1, S2
Pre-school puppet series
12 x 30min episodes
Produced by Beach House Kids and Northern Pictures for
Okto jnr (Mediacorp) and
Nine Network Australia
HICCUP & SNEEZE
S1, S2, S3
Asian Academy Creative Awards 2019
Best Pre-school Programme -
Grand Final Winner
Pre-school puppet series
26 x 30min episodes
Produced by Beach House Kids and Northern Pictures for
Okto jnr (Mediacorp) and
Nine Network Australia
ZOOMOO'S GOT
BRAINS S1, S2
Asian Television Awards 2015
Best Pre-school Programme -
Highly Commended
Pre-school gameshow series
15 x 10min episodes
Produced by Beach House Kids for Starhub E City & ZooMoo Networks
DOCUMENTARY
Research / Producing
RECORD RIDES
Asian Academy Creative Awards 2019
Best Branded Programme or Series
Grand Final Winner
HD documentary series
2 x 30min
Produced for National Geographic Channel
Researcher / Producer
FUTURE CHINA 2049
HD documentary series
3 x 60min
Produced for National Geographic Channel
Researcher
WORLD ICON:
SINGAPORE BOTANIC
GARDENS
4K/HD documentary series
1 x 60min
Produced for World Heritage Channel
(Turner Asia Pacific)
Producer
OTHERS
| 2022 |
Cartoons Underground 11th Edition – Guest Judge of Animated Visions: Story Development Lab Pitch organised by Cartoons Underground, in partnership with *SCAPE.
| 2021 |
IMDA WritersLab 2021 – Selected for a 5-month scriptwriting programme under the Story Lab initiative by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and organised by LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore). The programme focused on creating series bibles, scripts and the pitching process.
Cartoons Underground 10th Edition – Guest Mentor of Animated Visions: Story Development Lab organised by Cartoons Underground, in partnership with *SCAPE.
| 2013 - 2019 |
Content Development – Wrote and pitched television proposals for kids content; involved in development of Mr Midnight for Netflix (Writers’ Room 2015, 2018, 2019).
Script Coordinator – Hiccup & Sneeze Series 1, 2 & 3. Teddies Series 1, 2.
Studio Producer – Teddies Series 2
Script Editor – Over 60 hours of pre-school content for the ZooMoo Channel. Produced for ZooMoo Networks, an interactive, children’s nature broadcaster with television channels available in over 20 territories including Mexico, Latin America, Singapore, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Maldives, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand.
| 2013 |
Researched content and wrote scripts for Genio, an interactive educational service aimed at augmenting MOE's primary school curriculum. Produced for Singtel mio TV.
| 2010 - 2011 |
Producer/Writer, SPINN, Singapore
"I suppose it will all make sense
when we grow up."
ABOUT ME
Jeannie has been a scriptwriter for over 10 years. Her writing career began in children’s television at Beach House Kids, a division of Beach House Pictures - one of Asia's largest independent production houses and a Blue Ant Media company. She has written extensively for award-winning kids’ content broadcasted on local and international networks, including scripting for Mr Midnight, a teen comedy-horror series that premiered on Netflix
in 2022.
Apart from writing, Jeannie has also worked as researcher/producer on award-winning documentaries for the National Geographic Channel and the World Heritage Channel.