As VP of moonladder, Tone oversees the development and production of FableVision Studio’s original animated and live-action broadcast and film properties. He has acted in the role of creator, writer, director, showrunner and executive producer on several long and short-form projects for Aardman Animations, Sesame Studios, The Dodo, tonies, The Boston Pops, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Yoto, among others. Tone was the showrunner/executive producer of SpinMaster’s hit preschool series Sago Mini Friends (Apple+); he was the showrunner/head writer for Emmy-award-winning series Go Go Cory Carson (Netflix); executive story consultant on Pikwik Pack (Disney); and the supervising producer for the Emmy award-winning Wonder Pets! (Nick Jr.) During his eleven years at Walt Disney Feature Animation, Tone contributed to blockbuster films including The Lion King, Pocahontas, Tarzan, and Toy Story, among others. He has produced animated projects for Mattel, Nickelodeon, PBS, and the SyFy Channel, and has personally animated segments for Sesame Street. Tone is a former advisory board member of the Fred Rogers Center and the co-creator/co-executive producer of the CSA award-winning series The Adventures of Napkin Man! (CBC).

I was born in the same year as Sesame Street and just a few years apart from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood and The Electric Company. Growing up alongside these legends didn’t just entertain preschooler Tone; they shaped me into a kind, caring, and curious adult—with jokes that might even make Oscar the Grouch crack a smile. The instant I recognized how powerful learning can be when infused with heart, humor, and empathetic modeling was the moment I realized those shows had formed me into me—and why I have felt so inspired to pay it forward. I’m grateful every day for the opportunity to be part of a community of like-minded creators who are inspired to pass that spark along and help nurture kids to grow up and make the world a better place.

 Every single aspect of a property becomes part of our DNA, but only ours, until we send our stories out into the ether, hoping they’ll land in their intended eyes and ears. That’s why it’s such an awe- inspiring, magical experience when we hear people in real life repeating a line we once made up in the shower, singing a song we wrote and rewrote 300 times, dressing up as our characters for Halloween, or sporting a backpack with a face we once doodled on a napkin. Our work isn’t like live theater, where we can hear laughter and applause in real time, so it’s in these moments that we realize the work is out there, alive, resonating, and connecting. That feeling is nothing short of powerful and profoundly rewarding