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name: "Roger S.H. Schulman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/roger-s-h-schulman"
fi1m_id: "roger-s-h-schulman"
imdb_id: "nm0776107"
tmdb_id: 12061
wikidata_id: "Q3137925"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 September 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T11:39:24.128110+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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# Roger S.H. Schulman

## Identity

Roger S.H. Schulman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/roger-s-h-schulman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** roger-s-h-schulman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0776107
- **TMDB ID:** 12061
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3137925
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_S._H._Schulman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3137925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776107/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12061

Writer. Born 30 September 1962 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 September 1962, USA
- **Active:** 2001–2010
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 70 (3), 2010s 60 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 61 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 4, Comedy 4, Family 4, Fantasy 4, Adventure 3, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $2,983m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_S._H._Schulman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3137925, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776107/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12061

## Coming up

- *Shrek 5* (2027-06-30), Characters

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Shrek*](https://film.one/film/shrek.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Roger S. H. Schulman is an American screenwriter and producer. A native of Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Brooklyn College with a degree in English and earned an MS in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He began his career as a journalist before moving into television and film writing.

Schulman co-wrote the screenplay for the animated feature *Shrek* (2001), for which he shared a British Academy Film Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received an Academy Award nomination in the same category. His other film credits include co-writing *Balto* (1995) and writing or contributing to Disney projects such as *The Jungle Book 2* (2003) and *Mulan II* (2004). He has also worked extensively in television as a writer and producer on series including *Living Single*, *Phil of the Future* and *Jonas*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), Fi1m 60, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md)
- *Shrek the Third* (2007), Fi1m 50, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-the-third.md)
- *Shrek 2* (2004), Fi1m 80, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)
- *Shrek* (2001), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Shrek 5* (2027), Characters
- *Shrek Forever After* (2010), Characters — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-forever-after.md)
- *Unstable Fables: Goldilocks and the Three Bears* (2010), Consulting Producer
- *JONAS L.A.* (2009), series, Creator
- *Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare* (2008), Consulting Producer
- *Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby* (2008), Consulting Producer
- *Shrek the Third* (2007), Characters — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-the-third.md)
- *The Fox and the Hound 2* (2006), Screenplay
- *Brother Bear 2* (2006), Writer
- *Bambi II* (2006), as Additional Writing · Writer
- *Mulan II* (2004), Screenplay
- *Phil of the Future* (2004), series, Writer
- *Shrek 2* (2004), Characters — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)
- *Looney Tunes: Back in Action* (2003), Writer
- *The Jungle Book 2* (2003), as Additional Writing · Writer
- *Shrek* (2001), Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek.md)
- *Teacher's Pet* (2000), series, Story
- *For Your Love* (1998), series, Writer
- *Balto* (1995), Screenplay
- *A Cool Like That Christmas* (1993), Writer
- *Living Single* (1993), series, Writer
- *Tiny Toon Adventures* (1990), series, Writer
- *Parker Lewis Can't Lose* (1990), series, Writer
- *The Wickedest Witch* (1989), Story, Teleplay
- *Alf Tales* (1988), series, Writer, Creator
- *Mr. President* (1987), series, Writer
- *ALF* (1986), series, Writer
- *Pee-wee's Playhouse* (1986), series, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2002: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Shrek*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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