Vanessa Coffey is an American television producer and co-founder of the Nickelodeon Animation Studio best known for her work on Rugrats, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Doug and Rocko's Modern Life.
[1] Coffey's film career began at Marvel Animation working on television shows including Transformers, G.I.
[2] Coffey says that after leaving Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, she did not want to do animation anymore[3] because everything was either modeled after pre-existing comic strips or a vessel for selling related products.
[2] Coffey developed three ideas to fill the 90-minute time slot allocated to Nicktoons – Rugrats, The Ren & Stimpy Show and Doug.
"[5] Arlene Klasky, co-creator of Rugrats, and Jim Jinkins, creator of Doug, credit Coffey for enabling them to get their shows off the ground and into the homes of millions around the world.