Joseph Stillman (born August 1, 1959) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. Before becoming a screenwriter, he worked for several TV shows, including ''

Beavis and Butt-head ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' is an American Adult animation, adult animated Animated sitcom, sitcom created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, Stupi ...

'', ''

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'', '' Doug'', and '' The Adventures of Pete & Pete''. Stillman also worked on screenplays for movies including ''

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' is a 1996 American adult animation, adult animated comedy film, comedy road movie, road film based on the MTV animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head''. The film was co-written and directed by series ...

'', ''

Shrek ''Shrek'' is a 2001 American animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman, loosely based on the 1990 children's picture boo ...

'' and ''

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''. He received a shared

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for co-writing the first ''Shrek'' and a nomination for the

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, mus ...

Filmography

* '' Home Movies'' (1980 - production assistant) * '' Creepshow'' (1982 - assistant editor) * '' Doug'' (1991 - writer; 2 episodes) * '' The Adventures of Pete & Pete'' (1993-1994 - writer; 3 episodes) * ''

'' (1993-1997 - writer) * '' Beavis and Butt-head Do Christmas'' (1995 - writer) * '' Clueless'' (1996 - writer; 1 episode) * ''

Beavis and Butt-head Do America ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' is a 1996 American adult animation, adult animated comedy film, comedy road movie, road film based on the MTV animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head''. The film was co-written and directed by series ...

'' (1996 - writer) * ''

'' (1997-1998 - consultant, writer, co-producer) * '' Joseph: King of Dreams'' (2000 - screenplay) * ''

'' (2001 - co-writer) * ''

'' (2004 - screenplay) * ''Round It Goes'' (2006 - director, writer) * '' Planet 51'' (2009 - scriptwriter) * ''Alien Zoo'' (in development ) * ''

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'' (2010 - screenplay) * '' Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred'' (2011 - screenplay) * '' Sanjay and Craig'' (2013–2014 - writer, head writer) * '' Kirby Buckets'' (2014-2016 - writer) * '' Albert'' (2016 - screenplay) * '' Danger & Eggs'' (2017 - writer)

References

External links

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Joe Stillman at Film.com
American male screenwriters American television writers Animation screenwriters Living people Annie Award winners Best Adapted Screenplay BAFTA Award winners 1959 births American male television writers {{US-film-bio-stub