--- name: "Rebecca Sugar" canonical: "https://film.one/person/rebecca-sugar" fi1m_id: "rebecca-sugar" imdb_id: "nm3566987" tmdb_id: 1245726 wikidata_id: "Q12569944" roles: ["Writer"] born: "9 July 1987" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-24T01:44:02.795727+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." --- # Rebecca Sugar ## Identity Rebecca Sugar - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rebecca-sugar - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** rebecca-sugar - **IMDb ID:** nm3566987 - **TMDB ID:** 1245726 - **Wikidata ID:** Q12569944 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Sugar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12569944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3566987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1245726 Writer. Born 9 July 1987 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 9 July 1987, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA - **Active:** 2010–2013 - **Frequently works with:** [Adam Muto](https://film.one/person/adam-muto.md), [Pendleton Ward](https://film.one/person/pendleton-ward.md), [Tom Herpich](https://film.one/person/tom-herpich.md) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Sugar, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12569944, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3566987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1245726 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Steven Universe*](https://film.one/tv/steven-universe.md) (83) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Rebecca Sugar is an American writer, animator, director, producer and songwriter. Born on 9 July 1987 in Silver Spring, Maryland, she graduated with a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She began her career as a writer and storyboard artist on the animated series *Adventure Time* (2010–2013). In 2013 she created *Steven Universe* for Cartoon Network, serving as executive producer, showrunner, writer and songwriter; the series ran until 2019, with follow-ups including *Steven Universe: The Movie* (2019) and *Steven Universe Future* (2019–2020). Her work on both series has earned multiple Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Sugar is bisexual and non-binary. She has spoken publicly about drawing on her own experiences for the series’s LGBTQ themes and representation. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Steven Universe* (2013), Fi1m 83, Writer, Main Title Theme Composer, Creator, Storyboard Artist, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/steven-universe.md) ## Complete filmography (20) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Critterbis* (2026), series, Creator - *Adult Swim's The Elephant* (2025), Director, Story, Executive Producer - *AJ Goes to the Dog Park* (2025), as Songs - *Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake* (2023), series, as Songs · Writer, Storyboard Artist - *Steven Universe Future* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Story, Director, Creator - *Steven Universe: The Movie: Behind the Curtain* (2019), Archival Footage Coordinator, Director - *Steven Universe: The Movie* (2019), Director, Executive Producer, Writer, Original Music Composer, Lyricist - *Amphibia* (2019), series, as Busker (voice) - *Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems* (2018), Characters - *OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes* (2017), series, as Vocals - *Adventure Time Forever* (2015), Actor - *Steven Universe* (2013), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Storyboard Artist, Main Title Theme Composer, Creator — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/steven-universe.md) - *Steven Universe* (2013), Creator, Writer - *Adventure Time* (2010), series, Writer - *Singles* (2009), Director, Writer, Music - *Trade Winds* (2009), Thanks, Animation - *Steven Universe: Lars of the Stars*, series, Executive Producer, Creator - *The Adventure Time Movie*, Executive Producer - *Untitled Animated Moomin Movie*, Director, Writer - *Afterworld: กลับบ้าน*, Writer ## Gallery - ![Rebecca Sugar](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-003a26ece820.jpg) Rebecca Sugar — Peter Dzubay, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Rebecca_Sugar_Speaking_at_New_York_Comic_Con_2014_-_Peter_Dzubay_%28cropped%29.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![San Diego Comic Con 2013](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-a08907e6290a.jpg) San Diego Comic Con 2013 — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Cartoon_Network_New_Comedies_Panel_%2812279711145%29.jpg/1280px-Cartoon_Network_New_Comedies_Panel_%2812279711145%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![San Diego Comic Con 2013](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-dc0a724f8be1.jpg) San Diego Comic Con 2013 — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Cartoon_Network_New_Comedies_Panel_%2812279732485%29.jpg/1280px-Cartoon_Network_New_Comedies_Panel_%2812279732485%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![San Diego Comic Con 2013](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-53ec05d7ac3e.jpg) San Diego Comic Con 2013 — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Cartoon_Network_New_Comedies_Panel_%2812279882693%29.jpg/1280px-Cartoon_Network_New_Comedies_Panel_%2812279882693%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Rebecca Sugar](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-7ce2b8adf845.jpg) Rebecca Sugar — Image via TMDB - ![Rebecca Sugar](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-c73fe52246f0.jpg) Rebecca Sugar — Image via TMDB - ![Rebecca Sugar](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-4a8b002ef8dd.jpg) Rebecca Sugar — Image via TMDB - ![San Diego Comic Con 2013](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-d3a6dd893874.jpg) San Diego Comic Con 2013 — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Cartoon_Network_New_Comedies_Panel_%2812279901973%29.jpg/1280px-Cartoon_Network_New_Comedies_Panel_%2812279901973%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![San Diego Comic Con 2013](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-c82eef00c8a4.jpg) San Diego Comic Con 2013 — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Cartoon_Network_New_Comedies_Panel_%2812280173274%29.jpg/1280px-Cartoon_Network_New_Comedies_Panel_%2812280173274%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Rebecca Sugar](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-b8f40975d381.jpg) Rebecca Sugar — Image via TMDB - ![Rebecca Sugar](https://film.one/media/person/1632742/gallery-42ed9ebc2d3d.jpg) Rebecca Sugar — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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