---
name: "John J. Strauss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-j-strauss"
fi1m_id: "john-j-strauss"
imdb_id: "nm0833828"
tmdb_id: 7398
wikidata_id: "Q6241286"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 May 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:21:17.185182+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John J. Strauss

## Identity

John J. Strauss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-j-strauss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-j-strauss
- **IMDb ID:** nm0833828
- **TMDB ID:** 7398
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6241286
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Strauss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6241286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833828/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7398

Writer. Born 12 May 1957 in Brentwood.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 May 1957, Brentwood
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Strauss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6241286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833828/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7398

## Biography

John J. Strauss is an American screenwriter and producer of film and television. He co-wrote the screenplay and story for *There's Something About Mary* (1998) with Ed Decter.

Strauss has written and produced for television series including *Boy Meets World* (1993), *Me and the Boys* and *Odd Man Out*, which he created. He frequently collaborates with writer and producer Ed Decter. Since the late 1990s he has focused primarily on feature films, with credits including *Head Over Heels* (2001), *The Santa Clause 2* (2002), *The Lizzie McGuire Movie* (2003), *Rebound* (2005), *The Wild* (2006), *The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause* (2006), *You Again* (2010) and *Free Birds* (2013).

He holds a B.F.A. from UCLA and an M.F.A. from the University of Georgia, and teaches at UCLA.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *There's Something About Mary* (1998), Fi1m 78, Screenplay, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/theres-something-about-mary.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Think Like a Dog* (2020), Writer
- *David Makes Man* (2019), series, Consulting Producer, Executive Producer
- *Free Birds* (2013), Story, Executive Producer
- *The Client List* (2012), series, Executive Producer
- *You Again* (2010), Producer
- *Backyards & Bullets* (2007), Writer
- *The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause* (2006), Writer
- *The Wild* (2006), Co-Producer, Screenplay
- *Rebound* (2005), Screenplay
- *The Lizzie McGuire Movie* (2003), Writer
- *The Santa Clause 2* (2002), Screenplay
- *The New Guy* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Head Over Heels* (2001), Writer
- *Odd Man Out* (1999), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *There's Something About Mary* (1998), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/theres-something-about-mary.md)
- *Me and the Boys* (1994), series, Writer
- *Boy Meets World* (1993), series, Writer
- *Options* (1989), Story, Screenplay
- *Backyards & Bullets*, series, Writer

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