Stewart St. John(I)
- Writer
- Producer
- Director
Stewart St John is an award-winning television writer, producer, composer, multimedia pioneer and filmmaker whose passion is telling stories through compelling characters, complex worlds and empowering music across multiple platforms.
Growing up with a love of animation, comic books and music, Stewart landed a writing contract at Hanna-Barbera where he was mentored by co-founder Joe Barbara (creator of The Flintstones and The Jetsons). He wrote the Fox Kids' series Tom & Jerry Kids, scored songs for the show, and later co-created a Hanna-Barbera short with Joe Barbera called DINO which can be seen at the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills.
Stewart went on to write some of the most beloved children and family-friendly properties seen around the world - 30 episodes of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (as story editor and writer), V.R. Troopers, Sabrina: The Animated Series, Marvel's The Incredible Hulk, Inspector Gadget, Seventeen Again and more.
Winner of the prestigious Humanitas Prize for Excellence in Screenwriting for his episode of Prince Valiant that dealt with the sensitive subject of child abuse, Stewart was also a Young Artist Awards winner for his episode of ABC's Sabrina: The Animated Series, while his original feature film Seventeen Again was nominated in the category.
Marvel mastermind Stan Lee chose Stewart's episode of The Incredible Hulk as one of his 'favorite five' episodes chosen for the DVD release, and Stewart's "Witch Switch" episode of Sabrina: The Animated Series was chosen by Kellogg's as a stand-alone DVD released in cereal boxes around the country!
Stewart was also a pioneer in early digital storytelling as story editor and writer of the critically acclaimed online soap The Spot He later created The Spot Wireless, the first mobile soap opera for Sprint vision-enabled phones and crafted a cross-platform story with its web counterpart, considered a ground-breaking accomplishment at the time. He then created, wrote and directed California Heaven, the first scripted digital series for AOL. Stewart would later go on to establish and oversee an online digital network featuring a lineup of original programming.
In 2015 Stewart teamed with partners Todd Fisher and Michael Plahuta to form Wonkybot Studios as an incubator for his creator-owned multimedia projects.
As predicated by Mr. Barbera when Stewart was first beginning his career, he is now creating a stable of his own exciting characters through Wonkybot Studios: the girl-power Tara Tremendous franchise, the supernatural Spooky Troop series, the uplifting The Owlsteins, and the super villain comedy The Dr. Epicopolis & 1102 Show of Shows. Stewart is also the creator, writer, director and co-composer of the teen audio thriller series Origins Unknown and the upcoming Historynauts, and several other series in various stages of development. As a composer, music producer, songwriter and lyricist, and a voting member of the Recording Academy (GRAMMYS®), Stewart infuses all of his original properties with songs and music.
Stewart also adapted Tara Tremendous into a stage musical, and co-composed 20 original songs with his music partner Michael Plahuta. The show was performed as a live musical concert at 54 Below in NYC, starring Micky Dolenz (The Monkees), Annie Golden (Netflix' Orange Is The New Black) and a host of other Broadway stars. He has written the film adaptation of Tara Tremendous which is in development with Marc Platt Productions. Stewart and Michael have co-composed 14 new songs for the film.
Growing up with a love of animation, comic books and music, Stewart landed a writing contract at Hanna-Barbera where he was mentored by co-founder Joe Barbara (creator of The Flintstones and The Jetsons). He wrote the Fox Kids' series Tom & Jerry Kids, scored songs for the show, and later co-created a Hanna-Barbera short with Joe Barbera called DINO which can be seen at the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills.
Stewart went on to write some of the most beloved children and family-friendly properties seen around the world - 30 episodes of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (as story editor and writer), V.R. Troopers, Sabrina: The Animated Series, Marvel's The Incredible Hulk, Inspector Gadget, Seventeen Again and more.
Winner of the prestigious Humanitas Prize for Excellence in Screenwriting for his episode of Prince Valiant that dealt with the sensitive subject of child abuse, Stewart was also a Young Artist Awards winner for his episode of ABC's Sabrina: The Animated Series, while his original feature film Seventeen Again was nominated in the category.
Marvel mastermind Stan Lee chose Stewart's episode of The Incredible Hulk as one of his 'favorite five' episodes chosen for the DVD release, and Stewart's "Witch Switch" episode of Sabrina: The Animated Series was chosen by Kellogg's as a stand-alone DVD released in cereal boxes around the country!
Stewart was also a pioneer in early digital storytelling as story editor and writer of the critically acclaimed online soap The Spot He later created The Spot Wireless, the first mobile soap opera for Sprint vision-enabled phones and crafted a cross-platform story with its web counterpart, considered a ground-breaking accomplishment at the time. He then created, wrote and directed California Heaven, the first scripted digital series for AOL. Stewart would later go on to establish and oversee an online digital network featuring a lineup of original programming.
In 2015 Stewart teamed with partners Todd Fisher and Michael Plahuta to form Wonkybot Studios as an incubator for his creator-owned multimedia projects.
As predicated by Mr. Barbera when Stewart was first beginning his career, he is now creating a stable of his own exciting characters through Wonkybot Studios: the girl-power Tara Tremendous franchise, the supernatural Spooky Troop series, the uplifting The Owlsteins, and the super villain comedy The Dr. Epicopolis & 1102 Show of Shows. Stewart is also the creator, writer, director and co-composer of the teen audio thriller series Origins Unknown and the upcoming Historynauts, and several other series in various stages of development. As a composer, music producer, songwriter and lyricist, and a voting member of the Recording Academy (GRAMMYS®), Stewart infuses all of his original properties with songs and music.
Stewart also adapted Tara Tremendous into a stage musical, and co-composed 20 original songs with his music partner Michael Plahuta. The show was performed as a live musical concert at 54 Below in NYC, starring Micky Dolenz (The Monkees), Annie Golden (Netflix' Orange Is The New Black) and a host of other Broadway stars. He has written the film adaptation of Tara Tremendous which is in development with Marc Platt Productions. Stewart and Michael have co-composed 14 new songs for the film.
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