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Dev Ross
Occupation	Screenwriter
Years active	1986–present

Dev Ross is an American screenwriter, children's book author, performer, director, and producer in theater, film, and television industries.

Ross is a writer in print, animation, and theater, for several media content providers including Disney,^[1] ABC, Fox Kids, Universal Cartoon Studios, Cartoon Network, TLC, Discovery Channel, Nickelodeon, Mattel, the Web, and PBS.^[1] Ross worked as story analyst for film production companies and then became a staff writer at Disney Studios in 1991, where she also served as a voice director and "story doctor". During 2007, Ross worked for the Samsung Corporation in South Korea teaching university courses in digital screenwriting at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.^[1]

Ross wrote for several popular shows during the 1990s. These included Darkwing Duck, Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Winnie the Pooh and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, The Return of Jafar, Monster High, Animated Classic Showcase, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Clifford's Puppy Days,^[1] and the Adventures from the Book of Virtues.^[1] She helped bring movie characters to television with Aladdin and The Little Mermaid.

• The Return of Jafar
• Balto II: Wolf Quest
• The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
• The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
• The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
• The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water

Before turning to animation, Ross was the artistic director of the "Twelfth Night Repertory Company", a tri-city educational theatre and three time Emmy award-winning television troupe from 1980 to 1982 where she was a writer, director, and performer. Ross wrote and directed more than 70 plays for TNRC and Educational Theater Company, before leaving the schools. She even created a "synthesis of movement, text and sound", for which the schools became noted.

Prior to 2013, Ross's Theatrical awards include:

• Drama-Logue Award for Best New Musical Play, Westwood Playhouse - "Once Upon a Genesis"

As of 2013, Ross is the creator and head writer of her own original web show called "The Rocks."^[7][8][9]

• Dev Ross at IMDb
• Dev Ross