Rebecca Sugar

Name	Rebecca Sugar
Birth Name	Rebecca Sugar
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Caption	Sugar at the 2019 Peabody Awards
Birth Date	1987-07-09
Birth Place	Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Alma Mater	School of Visual Arts (BFA)
Occupation	Animator ⋅ storyboard artist ⋅ writer ⋅ producer ⋅ director ⋅ musician
Years Active	2007−present
Known For	Steven Universe
Spouse	Ian Jones-Quartey (2019 – now)

Early life and education

Sugar was raised in the Sligo Park Hills area of Silver Spring, Maryland. She simultaneously attended Montgomery Blair High School and the Visual Arts Center at Albert Einstein High School (where she was an arts semifinalist in the Presidential Scholar competition and won Montgomery County's prestigious Ida F. Haimovicz Visual Arts Award), both of which are located in Maryland. While at Blair, she drew several comics (called "The Strip" for the school's newspaper, Silver Chips) which won first place for comics in the Newspaper Individual Writing and Editing Contest. "The Strip" ran a comic challenging MCPS's new grading policy from 2005. She went on to attend the School of Visual Arts in New York. Sugar majored in animation and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2009.

According to Sugar's father Rob, Rebecca and her younger brother Steven were raised with what he called "Jewish sensibilities", and both siblings observed the lighting of Hanukkah candles with their parents via Skype.

Career

Early work

Sugar played an important role in the creation of nockFORCE, a cartoon series created by Ian Jones-Quartey and Jim Gisriel and launched in 2007 on YouTube. In particular, she contributed to the cartoon's backgrounds and characters.

During her time at the School of Visual Arts, Sugar directed short animated films, including Johnny Noodleneck (2008). In 2009, she wrote and animated Singles, in which frequent collaborator Ian Jones-Quartey acted as an assistant animator, assistant inker and voice actor on the project, while Sugar's brother Steven Sugar acted as an assistant colorist. She completed this film as her thesis and later officially released in August 22, 2025, on YouTube under her account.

In 2010, Sugar published her first graphic novel, Pug Davis, featuring an astronaut dog and his gay sidekick Blouse. She is also known for her comic "Don't Cry for Me, I'm Already Dead", a story about two brothers whose shared love of The Simpsons takes a tragic turn.

Television

''Adventure Time'' and ''Steven Universe''

Sugar first joined the crew of Adventure Time as a storyboard revisionist during the show's first season. Due to the quality of her work, within a month of being hired she was promoted to a storyboard artist, making her debut during the production of the second season. Her first episode was "It Came from the Nightosphere". While working on the show, she was encouraged by the creative team to put her "own life experiences into the character of Marceline". As she put it in an interview with Paper Magazine, she connected with indie and underground comic artists who worked on the show, like Pendleton Ward, Patrick McHale and Adam Muto, who told her to do what she would do when drawing comics and to not hold anything back. She stated that some of the changes in animation for years to come were inspired by what the show was able to do by being "very artist-driven", by independent comic artists like herself.

Production for Steven Universe began while Sugar was still working on Adventure Time. She continued working on Adventure Time until the show's fifth season, whereupon she left in order to focus on Steven Universe. Her last episode for Adventure Time was "Simon & Marcy"; following that episode, working on both series simultaneously "became impossible to do". She had also previously encountered difficulty in the production of the Adventure Time episode "Bad Little Boy". Sugar returned temporarily to write the song "Everything Stays" for the seventh season miniseries Stakes, and the song "Time Adventure" for the series finale, Come Along with Me. Sugar returned for the Adventure Time spin off Fionna and Cake to write the songs "Part of the Madness" and "Cake on the Loose".

She was an executive producer for Steven Universe for its entire run, and a storyboard artist for several of its episodes; the series premiered on November 4, 2013 and concluded on January 21, 2019. She directed the full-length television movie taking place after the fifth season of Steven Universe, called Steven Universe: The Movie, which premiered on September 2, 2019 on Cartoon Network. The movie was followed by an epilogue limited series titled Steven Universe Future, also with Sugar as executive producer, which premiered on December 7, 2019 and concluded on March 27, 2020.

Between October 2020 and April 2021, the anti-racism PSAs "Don't Deny It, Defy It", "Tell the Whole Story", "See Color", and "Be An Ally", that she worked on with Ian Jones-Quartey, featuring characters from Steven Universe, were released on the Cartoon Network YouTube channel.

In June 2024, it was announced that Sugar would write a new Adventure Time movie alongside fellow franchise alums Adam Muto and Patrick McHale, marking her return to the franchise.

On June 11, 2025, at an Annecy International Animation Film Festival event, it was announced that a sequel series to Steven Universe, entitled Steven Universe: Lars of the Stars, was in development with Prime Video, with Cartoon Network Studios producing it, while Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey will be executive producers. During the event, Sugar said she missed her world and characters, and said she couldn't wait to share the series and thanked everyone for their support. Sugar also told The Wrap that the Steven Universe characters and world are important to her, said she was "thrilled" to do the series, and said the biggest part for her was that she is "co-creating it with Ian Jones-Quartey," and noted that all she wants to do is "make cartoons with him."

''Amphibia'' and animated films

In the "Froggy Little Christmas" episode of Amphibia, a 22-minute Christmas special which aired on November 27, 2021, Sugar voiced a street performer who sang a musical number which Sugar had written. Sugar was not credited for her contribution to the episode. Matt Braly, the creator of Amphibia, praised her song as "really amazing" and saying that it had been stuck in his head and that of the crew for months. Her role in the episode was confirmed by the series art book, saying that the song she wrote was meant to "bring the story together thematically."

In December 2023, it was announced that Sony Pictures Animation was developing a fantasy-adventure film directed by Matt Braly, with the script written by Sugar and Braly.

On June 12, 2025, Adult Swim announced that Sugar alongside Ian Jones-Quartey, Patrick McHale, and Pendleton Ward were developing an animated special under the title "The Elephant" slated for a December release.

It was announced, on October 6, 2025, that Sugar would be directing, and writing, a film about the Moomins, co-produced by Annapurna Animation and Moomin Characters, with Julia Pistor, a producer known for The Magician's Elephant, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and other films, tapped as a producer.

Music career

On September 17, 2023, Sugar announced on social media her first personal music album, Spiral Bound, which was released on November 3, 2023. In a video for the School of Visual Arts in September 2024, Sugar said it was challenging to write a song herself, that she "didn’t know how to start" and decided to write original songs for a cartoon character she created, noted that previously she had made a lot of art out of a "quest for perfection" and self-destruction, and said that much of what she does at the present goes back to her time at the school. SVA described the album as inspired by "three years of daily journaling and sketching in spiral-bound notebooks" and chronicling the process of healing from "extreme burnout and unresolved trauma."

On June 4, 2025, Sugar announced her second album, Lonely Magic, with posts on social media featuring a short teaser animation detailing the album's release date, August 29. She said that the album would have "true songs about magic." Sugar would later discuss this music, and have screenings of three music videos using songs from the album, along with a panel with Sugar, Jones-Quartey, and others, and have a "special" music performance, at an invitation-only event at SVA on November 8, 2025.

Other work

In 2015, Sugar designed the album cover of True Romance for Estelle, the voice of Garnet on Steven Universe.

In December 2016, comic book publisher Youth in Decline featured Sugar's sketches and story notes for her unpublished comic Margo in Bed as issue #14 of the art/comics anthology series Frontier.

In 2018, Sugar was featured in R&B singer Gallant's 2018 song "TOOGOODTOBETRUE", along with Sufjan Stevens.

On February 24, 2025, Keita Takahashi, creator of the Katamari series of games, announced his new game To a T to be released on May 28. The game's trailer featured a new song performed by Sugar titled "Giraffe Song".

Themes and influences

Sugar has discussed the importance of creating LGBTQ representation and content, especially in children's entertainment. On Cameron Esposito's podcast Queery, Sugar stated, "I want to champion LGBTQIA, all of it, content... in G-Rated, family entertainment. I want to do that forever". She also explained how Steven Universe has helped her come to terms with her own identity as bisexual and . She believes that early and positive exposure to the LGBTQ community can help queer identifying children avoid experiencing shame in their own identities.

As for influences, Sugar has cited Whisper of the Heart as her "absolute favorite" film and as a major influence on her work, even providing an introduction for screenings in July 2019. She also cited the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena as an "epiphany" for her, by playing with "the semiotics of gender" and called it beautiful, funny, and extreme, having a huge influence on her, and noted the "huge Takarazuka Theater influence" in Steven Universe. Additionally, she described Neon Genesis Evangelion as a major influence, while her series Steven Universe has references to Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Captain Harlock, Kiki's Delivery Service, and Initial D.

Personal life

In February 2016, Ian Jones-Quartey confirmed via Twitter that he and Sugar were in a romantic relationship; at the time of the tweet, the two had been together for eight years. He added that they met when Sugar was at the School of Visual Arts in New York. They were married on December 4, 2019.

In July 2016, Sugar said at a San Diego Comic-Con panel that the LGBT themes in Steven Universe are in large part based on her own experience as a bisexual woman. In a July 2018 interview on NPR, Sugar said that she created the series' Gems as non-binary women to express herself, as a non-binary woman, through them. In August 2020, she said she "didn't identify as a woman" but had felt pressure to conceal that fact due to being known as the first woman to create a Cartoon Network series. In October 2020, in the final art book for Steven Universe, Sugar said that she loved being able to place her experiences in a different context "through a nonbinary lens" when writing characters for the show. As of 2022, Sugar goes by both she/her and they/them pronouns.

In March 2020, Sugar expressed support for Senator Bernie Sanders's second presidential bid. In April 2020, Sugar narrated a video titled Let My People Go, a video created by the organization Never Again Action. The video talks about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees and the poor living conditions they were experiencing in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Accolades

''Adventure Time''

Sugar's work on Adventure Time gained Primetime Emmy Award for Short-format Animation nominations for the episode "It Came from the Nightosphere" in 2011 and for the episode "Simon & Marcy" in 2013. The show also earned multiple Annie Award nominations. These included, Best Storyboarding in a Television Production in 2012 and Story-boarding in an Animated Television Production in 2013.

''Steven Universe''

Steven Universe#Awards and nominations
For Steven Universe, Sugar has been nominated for several media industry awards, including six Primetime Emmy Awards. She and the series have received, among others, the 2018 Peabody Award for Children's & Youth Programming and the 2019 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Kids & Family Program; in 2015 the series was named to the James Tiptree Jr. Award Honor List.

Honors

In 2012, Forbes magazine included her on its "30 Under 30 in Entertainment" list, noting that she was responsible for writing "many of the best episodes" of Adventure Time.

Variety included Sugar in "Hollywood's New Leaders 2016: The Creatives", a list celebrating upcoming filmmakers, show-runners and creators in both traditional and digital media.

In 2025, a South American flower of the genus Commelina was named Commelina sugariae in honour of Sugar's artistic achievements. The same authors named another species C. almandina, a name referring to the garnet colour of the "gem-like" fruits, in honour of the character Garnet from Steven Universe, "because it brings much-needed attention to BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ researchers in STEM."

Filmography

Film

Television

Podcasts

Discography

Notes

References

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• Robinson, Joanna, Raya and the Last Dragon's Kelly Marie Tran Thinks Her Disney Princess Is Gay, Vanity Fair, March 14, 2021, March 7, 2021, March 5, 2021, live
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• MrMuto, 1699619549640110246, 2023-09-07, featuring a score by @ComposerAmanda and the song "Cake on the Loose" by @rebeccasugar. story by JackPendarvis @katetsang @HannaKtweet @anthony_burch & me. The Silent Filmworld sequence was storyboarded by Graham Falk and animated by @nickcross. (concept art by @wolfhard )
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• Braly, Matt, Matt Braly, Radrappy, 1464478675991072770, November 27, 2021, Happy holidays you guys! Thanks for watching the show and we'll see you next year for the roller coaster that is #amphibia s3b! That @rebeccasugar song has been stuck in my head for half a year now., en, November 27, 2021, https://twitter.com/Radrappy/status/1464478675991072770, live, November 27, 2021
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• Giraud, Kevin, June 12, 2025, Animation All-Stars Pendleton Ward, Rebecca Sugar, Ian Jones-Quartey, Patrick McHale Unite For One-Of-A-Kind Adult Swim Special (EXCLUSIVE), June 12, 2025, Variety, en-US, June 13, 2025
• Mendoza, Leia, 2025-11-13, ‘Adult Swim’s The Elephant’: Pendleton Ward, Rebecca Sugar and Patrick McHale Team Up for Mysterious Animation Special, 2025-12-03, Variety, en-US
• Briscuso, Lex, Steven Universe Creator Rebecca Sugar Will Helm Upcoming Moomin Adaptation, IGN, October 7, 2025, December 9, 2025, December 9, 2025, live
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• Sugar, Rebecca, rebeccasugar, 1930352098094526523, June 4, 2025, 🪽Lonely Magic🪽 true songs about magic, coming August 2025 ✨ link in reply, en, July 2, 2025, https://x.com/rebeccasugar/status/1930352098094526523, live, July 2, 2025
• Sugar, Rebecca, Rebecca Sugar - Lonely Magic - coming August 2025, YouTube, June 4, 2025, July 2, 2025, live
• SVA Alumnus Rebecca Sugar Returns to SVA to Celebrate Their ‘Lonely Magic’ Music, School of Visual Arts, November 3, 2025, November 23, 2025, November 23, 2025, live
• Sugar, Rebecca, rebeccasugar, 568989205931663360, February 20, 2015, Ahh!!! Completely surreal experience of seeing my album artwork for Estelle's new album True Romance… http://instagram.com/p/zWX0QRqBox/, December 27, 2019, December 16, 2022, live
• Frontier #14: Rebecca Sugar, Youth in Decline, December 2016, December 27, 2019, August 27, 2022, live
• Leblanc, Philippe, Review – Frontier #14 by Rebecca Sugar: Movement, Poetry & Family, The Beat, December 27, 2019, January 16, 2017, January 23, 2022, live
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• Katamari Damacy Creator's New Game To A T Launches In May, February 24, 2025, GameSpot, May 25, 2025, The trailer features a musical performance of Giraffe Song, which is sung by Rebecca Sugar, who's best known for being the creator of Steven Universe., June 2, 2025, live
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• Morrissy, Kim, May 31, 2019, Steven Universe Creator Rebecca Sugar to Provide Intro to U.S. Whisper of the Heart July Screenings, live, May 31, 2019, August 9, 2024, Anime News Network
• Princess Weekes, July 8, 2019, I Wish Someone Had Shown Me Whisper of the Heart as a Young Writer, live, April 18, 2024, August 9, 2024, The Mary Sue, In the version I saw, there was an introduction by Steven Universe’s Rebecca Sugar (which made seeing all the stone and gem references in the movie that much more fantastic), who stated that part of the reason she loved the film so much was it was all about showing artists and creative people putting in the work to develop their craft.
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• Jones-Quartey, Ian, ianjq, 698723352819576832, February 13, 2016, @CreeperGuy1337 yeah! We've been together over 8 years now, December 27, 2019, April 13, 2016, live
• Jones-Quartey, Ian, ianjq, 1202694027604180992, December 5, 2019, Hey so @rebeccasugar and I have been a couple for 12 years, , ... and yesterday we got married! To each other!, December 27, 2019, August 16, 2022, live
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• Sugar, Rebecca, rebeccasugar, 1241861759725494273, March 22, 2020, When I’m feeling isolated & powerless I remember that Bernie’s campaign made it easy to donate to groups helping the vulnerable during this pandemic, donating again now, please join me if you can!, en, July 2, 2025, https://x.com/rebeccasugar/status/1241861759725494273, live, May 9, 2021
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• Sugar, Rebecca, November 25, 2012, I did some storyboards for Hotel Transylvania!, live, November 22, 2022, May 6, 2013, Tumblr
• Horst, Carole, 2025-10-06, ‘Steven Universe’ Creator Rebecca Sugar Set for Animated Feature From Annapurna, Moomins Characters, 2025-10-06, Variety, en-US
• Colás, Adam, Marcy's Journal - A Guide to Amphibia, Matthew, Braly, Sukiman, Catharina, Disney Manga, 2022, 148, en, "...I met a VERY nice street performer named Becka Salt the other day, and they were singing this lovely song - a holiday original.", Matt Braly
• Sam Procrastinates, January 26, 2026, THE CHAOTIX CASEFILE - EPISODE 0 PREMIERE & MORE CROSSWORLDS!, YouTube, 3:25:33, January 26, 2026
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• Spiral Bound, by Rebecca Sugar, 2026-01-09, Rebecca Sugar, en
• Rebecca Sugar spellbinds with “Lonely Magic” EP – EARMILK, 2026-01-09, en-US
• Lonely Magic, by Rebecca Sugar, 2026-01-09, Rebecca Sugar, en

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