---
name: "Joshua Sternin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joshua-sternin"
fi1m_id: "joshua-sternin"
imdb_id: "nm0827985"
tmdb_id: 97263
wikidata_id: "Q3186038"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T03:53:45.596241+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 Sternin

## Identity

Joshua Sternin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joshua-sternin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joshua-sternin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0827985
- **TMDB ID:** 97263
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3186038
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Sternin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3186038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827985/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97263

Writer. Born 1 January 1953.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953
- **Active:** 1988–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Jennifer Ventimilia](https://film.one/person/jennifer-ventimilia.md), [David Sacks](https://film.one/person/david-sacks.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (2), 2010s 70 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Animation 2, Adventure 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $484m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Sternin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3186038, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827985/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97263

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Rio*](https://film.one/film/rio.md) (70)
- **Tubi:** [*Murphy Brown*](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md) (77)

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rio* (2011), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/rio.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Raising Dion* (2019), series, Writer, Story
- *The Real O'Neals* (2016), series, Teleplay, Creator
- *Mr. Peabody & Sherman* (2014), Thanks
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2012), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Robot and Monster* (2012), series, Writer, Creator
- *Rio* (2011), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rio.md)
- *Yogi Bear* (2010), Writer
- *Tooth Fairy* (2010), Screenplay
- *Mr. Woodcock* (2007), Writer
- *The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend* (2005), Writer
- *Kitchen Confidential* (2005), series, Writer
- *Surviving Christmas* (2004), Screenplay
- *The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest* (2002), Writer
- *Dr. Dolittle 2* (2001), Writer
- *That '70s Show* (1998), series, Writer
- *Jenny* (1997), series, Writer
- *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996), series, Writer
- *Duckman* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Critic* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)

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