Nicole Dubuc

INSTITUTE SPEAKER / PANELIST

Executive Producer

Seven-time Emmy Award nominee Nicole Dubuc is executive producer of Disney Junior’s upcoming animated series, The Rocketeer, which follows the adventures of young Kit Secord as she takes on the mantle of the legendary superhero who has the ability to fly with the help of a rocket-pack.

Dubuc began her career in the entertainment industry as a successful child actress, appearing on hit TV shows Our House and ALF. She is best-known for her portrayal of middle daughter, Robin Cooper-MacGillis, in the popular sitcom, Major Dad.

Wanting to try her hand at working behind the camera, she landed her first job as an apprentice writer on Disney Channel’s hit animated series Kim Possible. Her additional animated TV writing credits include Disney’s My Friends Tigger & Pooh, Miles from Tomorrowland, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Star Wars: Rebels, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Marvel Superhero Squad and Care Bears: Adventures in Care-A-Lot.

Dubuc co-developed and executive-produced the animated TV series Transformers: Rescue Bots and Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy. She also served as executive producer and story editor on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and co-authored many of the books in the best-selling children’s book series, My Little Pony: Ponyville Mysteries.

Her animated film writing credits include Postman Pat: The Movie and the made-for-television movie Mike DA Mustang, which she also directed. Her additional credits include the direct-to-video animated feature films Tigger & Pooh & A Musical Too, My Friends Tigger & Pooh: The Hundred Acre Wood Haunt, My Friends Tigger & Pooh’s Friendly Tales, My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie and Polly Pocket: PollyWorld.

In 2018, she received the Writers Guild of America West’s Animation Writers Caucus (AWC) Animation Writing Award in recognition of her contributions to the animation field.

Beyond writing and producing for television and film, Dubuc has written comic books such as Bruce Lee: The Walk of the Dragon and DC Comics’ The Flash Annual #2.

As a voiceover actress, her credits include Transformers: Rescue Bots, Miles from Tomorrowland, The Hunted and Young Justice: Outsiders.

Originally from Orange County, California, Dubuc currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Humanitas Prize-winning writer/producer, Brian Hohlfeld. She is a graduate of Yale University with a degree in English.