Roger S. H. Schulman is an American film and television screenwriter and producer. He co-wrote the animated feature ''

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'', for which he won the British Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an

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for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay).

Education

A native of Brooklyn, NY, he graduated from

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with a degree in English.

Career

He co-wrote the animated feature ''

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'' for executive producer

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, and wrote ''

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'' and ''

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'' for

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. He developed and wrote the screenplay for an animated feature about the true story of a tortoise who befriends a baby hippo after the

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. The film has not yet been made. He also had written an unproduced version of ''Jungle Cruise'', a screenplay for Disney, inspired by the theme park attraction, slated to star

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and

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. Schulman has also worked extensively as a producer and writer for television. He was co-creator and executive producer of the series ''

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'' for the

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, for which he was nominated for an Emmy award. He was also executive producer of ''

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'' on Disney Channel. He developed and was executive producer of '' 2gether'' for

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; he was executive producer for ''

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'' with

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, for which he won an

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; he also wrote on ''

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'' and '' ALF''. In addition, he served as co-writer of the original pilot for ''

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'' television series, as well as the pilots ''The Mother Load'', ''Fresh Man'' and ''Just My Luck''.

Screenwriting credits

* series head writer denoted in bold

Television

* ''

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'' (1985) * ''

Fast Times ''Fast Times'' is an American sitcom based on the 1982 movie ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' that was produced by Amy Heckerling, who directed the original film. It ran for 7 episodes on CBS from March 3 until April 23, 1986. Cameron Crowe, who ...

'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1987) * '' Mr. President'' (1987) * ''

ALF Tales ''ALF Tales'' is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series that aired on NBC from September 10, 1988, to December 9, 1989. The show is a spin-off of '' ALF: The Animated Series'' which featured characters from that series playing various char ...

'' (1988) * '' ALF'' (1989) * '' Pee-Wee’s Playhouse'' (1990) * ''

Tiny Toon Adventures ''Tiny Toon Adventures'' is an American animated comedy television series that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first collaborative effort of Steven Spielberg's Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation ...

'' (1990) * '' Parker Lewis Can’t Lose'' (1991-1993) * ''

'' (1993-1996) * ''

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'' (1998) * '' Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot'' (1999, 2001) * ''

The War Next Door ''The War Next Door'' is an American sitcom created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. The show used non-canon humor as one of the two main characters dies at the end of each episode, only to reappear alive the following episode as if nothing ha ...

'' (2000) * '' 2gether: The Series'' (2000-2001) * '' Teacher’s Pet'' (2002) * ''

'' (2005-2006) * ''

'' (2009-2010) * ''

The Soul Man ''The Soul Man'' is an American sitcom created by Suzanne Martin and Cedric the Entertainer. The series is a spin-off from ''Hot in Cleveland'', in which Cedric guest starred in the 2011 episode "Bridezelka", the backdoor pilot for ''The Soul Ma ...

'' (2013-2014) * ''

Melissa & Joey ''Melissa & Joey'' is an American television sitcom starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence that aired for four seasons between 2010 and 2015 on ABC Family (now Freeform). The series follows local politician Mel Burke (Hart) and Joe Long ...

'' (2014-2015) * ''

Bizaardvark ''Bizaardvark'' is an American comedy television series created by Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman that premiered on Disney Channel on June 24, 2016. The series ran for three seasons consisting of 63 episodes, airing its final episode on April 13, ...

'' (2016-2017)

Films

* ''

'' (1995) * ''

'' (2001) * ''

'' (2004) * ''

The Fox and the Hound 2 ''The Fox and the Hound 2'' is a 2006 American animated direct-to-video buddy comedy drama film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and Disneytoon Studios, and an intermediate follow-up to the 1981 Walt Disney Animation Studios film '' The Fox and ...

'' (2006)

References

External links

*
Official website - The Writer Coach
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