---
name: "Joshua Pruett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joshua-pruett"
fi1m_id: "joshua-pruett"
imdb_id: "nm2956436"
tmdb_id: 2008336
wikidata_id: "Q113157248"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 March 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:07:52.859978+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."
---

# Joshua Pruett

## Identity

Joshua Pruett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joshua-pruett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joshua-pruett
- **IMDb ID:** nm2956436
- **TMDB ID:** 2008336
- **Wikidata ID:** Q113157248
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113157248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2956436/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2008336

Writer. Born 21 March 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 March 1978, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113157248, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2956436/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2008336

## Coming up

- *Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Horror* (2026-11-13), Writer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Phineas and Ferb*](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joshua Pruett is an American television writer and author. Born on 21 March 1978 in Los Angeles, he studied illustration at California State University, Fullerton. He began his career in animation as a storyboard artist and production coordinator on films including *Over the Hedge* (2006) before moving into writing.

Pruett is known for his work on Disney animated series, serving as a writer and story contributor on *Phineas and Ferb* (2007–) and *Milo Murphy's Law* (2016). He wrote for the feature *Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe* (2020) and contributed to *Mystery Science Theater 3000* (2017). He has also written for *Stranger Things: Tales from '85* (2026).

Pruett is a Primetime Emmy Award winner and the only writer credited on both *Mystery Science Theater 3000* and *Doctor Who* audio dramas. He has co-authored children's books including the *Shipwreckers* series with Scott Peterson and entries in the *Last Comics on Earth* series.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, tardis.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), Fi1m 80, Story, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Scrooge: A Christmas Carol Horror* (2026), Writer
- *Insidious Possession* (2026), Writer
- *The Odyssey* (2026), Writer
- *Stranger Things: Tales from '85* (2026), series, Writer
- *Acoustic Rooster: Jazzy Jams* (2025), series, Writer
- *Witch Hunter* (2024), Writer
- *Brown and Friends* (2022), series, Writer
- *Hamster & Gretel* (2022), series, Writer, Story
- *Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe* (2020), Writer
- *Mystery Science Theater 3000* (2017), series, Writer
- *Milo Murphy's Law* (2016), series, Story, Writer
- *O.W.C.A. Files* (2015), Story
- *Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel* (2013), Storyboard Artist, Writer
- *Book of Dragons* (2011), Writer
- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), series, Story, Storyboard Artist, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)
- *Over the Hedge* (2006), Script Coordinator, Story Coordinator

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