Founded by brothers, David Rudman and Adam Rudman, Spiffy Pictures is a creative development and production company specializing in both animated and live-action puppet-based entertainment for kids and families.
Known for its whimsical humor- and music-filled shows, the inventive award-winning Chicago-based company has created, produced, written, and directed series for PBS KIDS, Nickelodeon, Disney, MTV, Comedy Central, Sesame Street and Warner Brothers. Their projects include PBS KIDS’ critically acclaimed DonkeyHodie, a co-production with Fred Rogers Productions; PBS KIDS’ Emmy® Award-nominated and Environmental Media Award-winning animated series Nature Cat; Nick Jr.’s Emmy®Award and Prix Jeunesse-nominated Jack’s Big Music Show; Disney’s Emmy® Award-nominated Bunnytown; and Nick Jr.’s Parent’s Choice Award-winning Curious Buddies. The company’s additional credits include Warner Brothers’ Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map and Nick Worldwide’s Frankie and Frank.
Adam Rudman
Co-Founder
Emmy Award-winning writer Adam Rudman is co-founder of Spiffy Pictures. His writing credits range from classic cartoons and puppet-based live-action television series to children’s books and short films. He is a six-time Emmy Award-winner for his work on series such as Sesame Street, Tom & Jerry, Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map and Cyberchase.
Adam currently serves as co-creator, executive producer and head writer on PBS KIDS’ hit Emmy-nominated series, Donkey Hodie, a live-action puppet series produced in partnership with Fred Rogers Productions. He is also co-creator, executive producer and head writer of the Emmy-nominated and Environmental Media Award-winning hit animated series Nature Cat, currently in its fifth season on PBS KIDS. Additionally, Adam serves as head writer on the animated series “Carl the Collector,” PBS KIDS’ first show centering on autistic characters, which Spiffy produces.
Adam’s past co-creator, executive producer and head writer credits include Nick Jr.’s Emmy-nominated Jack’s Big Music Show, Disney’s Emmy-nominated Bunnytown, and Nick Jr.’s Curious Buddies.
Adam’s additional work includes authoring The Search for the Power Orb, Scholastic’s first book based on PBS KIDS’ hit series Cyberchase. He also wrote and produced the award-winning short film Notes, starring late Blues legend Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown.
David Rudman
Co-Founder
Emmy Award-nominated producer, director, writer and puppeteer David Rudman is co-founder of Spiffy Pictures. A renowned Muppet performer, David is the puppeteer for Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster, Baby Bear and The Two-Headed Monster, and The Muppets’ Scooter, Janice and Beaker.
David currently serves as co-creator, executive producer, director, writer and puppeteer on PBS KIDS’ hit Emmy-nominated series, Donkey Hodie, a live-action puppet series produced in partnership with Fred Rogers Productions. He is also co-creator, executive producer, director and character designer of the Emmy-nominated and Environmental Media Award-winning hit animated series Nature Cat, currently in its fifth season on PBS KIDS.
David’s past co-creator, executive producer, director and performer credits include Nick Jr.’s Emmy-nominated Jack’s Big Music Show, Disney’s Emmy-nominated Bunnytown, and Nick Jr.’s Curious Buddies. He also served as a producer and director, and performed Scooby-Doo in Warner Brothers’ Scooby-Doo!: The Mystery Map.
David’s numerous television credits as a Muppet performer include The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Saturday Night Live and the Annual Kennedy Center Honors among many others. His film credits include Muppets Take Manhattan, Labyrinth, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Elmo in Grouchland, The Muppets, and Muppets Most Wanted.
Caroline Bandolik
VP-Production
Emmy Award-nominated producer Caroline Bandolik is vice president of production for Spiffy Pictures. A veteran children’s television producer, Caroline currently serves as supervising producer on PBS KIDS’ hit Emmy-nominated series, Donkey Hodie, a live-action puppet series produced in partnership with Fred Rogers Productions. Additionally, she is the producer of PBS KIDS’ long-running Emmy-nominated and Environmental Media Award-winning hit animated series Nature Cat.
Caroline also currently serves as supervising producer on the animated series “Carl the Collector,” PBS KIDS’ first show centering on autistic characters, which Spiffy produces.
Caroline’s additional producing credits include Nickelodeon’s Frankie & Frank, Martha Speaksand Arthur for WGBH/PBS, and Nicktoons’ Edgar & Ellen.