Joshua Sternin

{{short description|American television producer and writer}} '''Joshua Sternin''' is an American [[television producer]] and [[screenwriter]]. He is the oldest son of Alan and Esther Sternin, and has one younger brother, Richard Sternin.

==Career== Among Sternin's producer credits include 23 episodes of ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' in 1996 through 1997 and as writer for 10 of them, as well as producer for 64 episodes of ''[[That '70s Show]]'' in 1998 through 2001 and as a writer for 8 of them. In 2002, he and [[Jennifer Ventimilia]] created a show for Fox called ''[[The Grubbs]]'', starring [[Randy Quaid]]. Due to negative critical reaction, the show was canceled before it went on air.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lies are plentiful on TV press tours |work=[[The Deseret News]] |date=2003-07-09 |author=Scott D. Pierce |page=C08}}</ref>

Sternin wrote ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Simpson Tide]]" (with Ventimilia as his co-writer)<ref name="Jean">{{cite video |people=Jean, Al |date=2006 |title=The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode "Simpson Tide" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> and the teleplay of the episode {{"-}}[['Round Springfield]]", based on a story idea by [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]].<ref name="book">{{cite book |last=Groening |first=Matt |author-link=Matt Groening |editor1-first=Ray |editor1-last=Richmond |editor1-link=Ray Richmond |editor2-first=Antonia |editor2-last=Coffman |title=[[The Simpsons episode guides#The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family|The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family]] |edition=1st |year=1997 |location=New York |publisher=[[HarperPerennial]] |lccn=98141857 |ol=433519M |oclc=37796735 |isbn=978-0-06-095252-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/simpsonscomplete00groe/page/173 173] |ref={{harvid|Richmond & Coffman|1997}} }}.</ref> He co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film ''[[Surviving Christmas]]'' and the 2010 film ''[[Tooth Fairy (2010 film)|Tooth Fairy]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=You can survive Christmas, but not this stinker flick |date=2004-10-22 |author=Julie E. Washington |work=[[The Plain Dealer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A comedy that's a kick in the teeth - Lame effort will have you grinding yours |author=Roger Ebert |author-link=Roger Ebert |work=[[The Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=2010-01-22 |page=B1 / FRONT}}</ref> He also worked on the 2010 film ''[[Yogi Bear (film)|Yogi Bear]],'' and was one of the lead screenwriters for the 2011 animated film [[Rio (2011 film)|''Rio'']]. He also served as an executive producer and writer for ''[[Kitchen Confidential (TV series)|Kitchen Confidential]]'' for [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]], and ''[[Robot and Monster]]'', and ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' for [[Nickelodeon]].

He also has a writing career on [[Wattpad]], where he has written 5 works under the pseudonym AaronRubicon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wattpad.com/user/AaronRubicon|title = AaronRubicon - Wattpad}}</ref>

==Awards== In 2004, Sternin was nominated for a [[Golden Raspberry]] for [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]] for ''[[Surviving Christmas]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252028/awards|title = Surviving Christmas - IMDb| website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>

In 2009, Sternin was nominated for a [[Streamy Award]] for Best Directing for a Comedy Web Series for Overkill: A Love Story. He has also won 2 consecutive [[Watty Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wattpad.com/user/AaronRubicon|title = AaronRubicon - Wattpad}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0827985}} *https://www.wattpad.com/user/AaronRubicon

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