▁Thomas ▁Com ma , ▁the ▁advent ure ▁of ▁a ▁lon ely ▁comma ▁looking ▁for ▁the ▁right ▁sentence . ▁He ▁received ▁an ▁Em my ▁for ▁his ▁contributions ▁to ▁Ses ame ▁Street , ▁was ▁nominated ▁twice ▁as ▁a ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁animated ▁TV ▁series ▁Doug . ▁He ▁has ▁directed ▁various ▁animated ▁TV ▁series , ▁including ▁Cl iff ord ’ s ▁Pu ppy ▁Days , ▁D aria ▁and ▁The ▁Wild ▁Th orn berry s ▁and ▁he ▁co - w rote , ▁with ▁M ick ▁Carl on , ▁the ▁screen play ▁R iding ▁on ▁Duke ' s ▁Train , ▁an ▁animated ▁feature ▁film ▁about ▁the ▁great ▁Duke ▁Ell ington , ▁as ▁seen ▁through ▁the ▁eyes ▁of ▁a ▁nine ▁year - old ▁boy ▁he ▁be fri ends . ▁It ▁has ▁won ▁numerous ▁screen play ▁awards ▁in ▁film ▁festiv als .. ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁career ▁ ▁Ken ▁K imm el man ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁August ▁ 6 , ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁in ▁Cro ton a ▁Park ▁East ▁Hospital ▁in ▁the ▁Bron x ▁to ▁Bernard ▁K imm el man ▁and ▁I da ▁Mos kow itz ▁K imm el man . ▁He ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁Washington ▁He ights ▁and ▁attended ▁the ▁High ▁School ▁of ▁Indust rial ▁Arts ▁( now ▁the ▁High ▁School ▁of ▁Art ▁and ▁Design ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁he ▁began ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁the ▁animation ▁studio ▁of ▁CBS ▁Terry to ons ▁in ▁New ▁Ro ch elle , ▁NY , ▁working ▁on ▁M ight y ▁Mouse ▁and ▁other ▁cart o ons . ▁He ▁soon