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Rebecca Sugar

Screenwriter / Composer / Songwriter / Animator / Cartoonist / Television Producer / Lyricist | * 07/09/1987 (36) | Silver Spring, Maryland (United States of America (USA))
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Rebecca Rea Sugar (born July 9, 1987) is an American animator, screenwriter, producer, director and musician. She is best known for being the creator of the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe, making her the first non-binary person to independently create a series for the network; prior to coming out as non-binary, Sugar was described as the first woman to do so. Until 2013, Sugar was a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series Adventure Time. Her work on the two series has earned her seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Sugar is bisexual, non-binary, and genderqueer, using both she/her and they/them pronouns. Sugar's queerness has served as the inspiration for her to stress the importance of LGBT representation in the arts, especially in children's entertainment. ()
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Rebecca Sugar (born July 9, 1987), is an American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, and songwriter. She is known for creating the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe, which has made her the first woman to independently create a series for the network. Sugar was formerly a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series Adventure Time, until 2013. Her work on the two series has earned her five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.For her work on Steven Universe, Sugar was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for Short-format Animation for the episodes "Lion 3: Straight to Video" in 2015, "The Answer" in 2016, "Mr. Greg" in 2017 and "Jungle Moon" in 2018.In 2017, Steven Universe was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 28th GLAAD Media Awards, the goal of the awards is to "[recognize] the most inclusive and accurately portrayed representations of the LGBTQ community in film, television, and other platforms"In July 2016, Sugar said at a San Diego Comic-Con panel that the LGBT themes in Steven Universe are in large part based on her own experience as a bisexual woman. In a July 2018 interview on NPR, Sugar said that she created the series's Gems as "non-binary women" in order to express herself, as a non-binary woman, through them.

Most frequent genres for this person: Animation | Comedies | Action & Adventure

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Movies with Rebecca Sugar as Actress(2)

TV Shows/Series with Rebecca Sugar as Actress(1)

as Busker (voice)2019 Amphibia

Movies with Rebecca Sugar as Crew(5)

Directing/Director2019 Steven Universe: The Movie
Production/Executive Producer2019 Steven Universe: The Movie
Writing/Writer2019 Steven Universe: The Movie
Directing/Director2009 Singles

TV Shows/Series with Rebecca Sugar as Crew(7)

Production/Executive Producer2019 Steven Universe Future
Writing/Story2019 Steven Universe Future
Directing/Director2019 Steven Universe Future
Creator/Creator2019 Steven Universe Future
Production/Executive Producer2013 Steven Universe
Writing/Writer2013 Steven Universe
Creator/Creator2013 Steven Universe

Additional Information

Full Name: Rebecca Sugar
Born: Thursday, 07/09 1987 (July) in Silver Spring, Maryland (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 36 years + 264 days)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: School of Visual Arts, Montgomery Blair High School, Albert Einstein High School
Spouses (current/former): Ian Jones-Quartey
Rebecca Sugar frequently works together with these people:
Joe Johnston (9x, Crew)
Kat Morris (8x, Crew)
Lamar Abrams (6x, Crew)
Kimberly Brooks (5x, Actress)
Matt Braly (5x, Crew)
Michaela Dietz (4x, Actress)
Deedee Magno (4x, Actress)
Zach Callison (4x, Actor)
Hilary Florido (3x, Crew)
Rob Getzschman (3x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:421561, Added: 09/22/2018, Last updated: 03/22/2024