Stewart St. John
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Stewart St. John is an American filmmaker, writer, director, producer of television, feature, online and mobile entertainment.
St. John began his professional career under contract at Hanna-Barbera, working with founder Joseph Barbera on writing episodes of Tom & Jerry Kids, Droopy and Dripple, and Spyke & Tyke. He served as story editor/writer on over forty episodes of the smash Fox Kids series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers where he injected his signature soap-style arcs to some of the series most well-known episodes, including the famous Green Ranger mini-series. He also penned episodes of other children's shows, including Sabrina The Teenage Witch, The Incredible Hulk, Heavy Gear, and VR Troopers.
St. John wrote and produced the award-winning Showtime Original Family Feature Seventeen Again (currently airing on Disney Channel), starring Tia and Tamara Mowry, stars of the hit WB series, Sister, Sister. The movie was later nominated for a Young Artist's Award. He has written pilots for Disney Channel, Fox and ABC, as well as original features for many of the major studios.
In the mid 90s, St. John was the story editor and executive producer of the critically acclaimed web site, The Spot, which he revived in 2004 with an all-new cast for the web, and created a cell phone component comprised of over 1500 mobisodes that aired on Sprint PCS Vision enabled phones, essentially becoming the first American cell phone soap.
St. John and producing partner Todd James Fisher launched StewdioMedia Entertainment dedicated to creating entertainment programming across all media platforms.
A huge believer in online entertainment and the community it reaches, St. John created California Heaven as the first scripted TV series produced exclusively for broadband. It launched in August 2005 and is currently viewed in over 21 countries. Its first season was recently licensed to Japan.
In 2006, St. John wrapped production on his feature film directorial debut The Next Race, an independent sci fi drama that is the prequel to his trilogy story known as The Creation Wars saga. To visit the site and see the trailer: http://www.thenextrace.com
