Steve Borst is an American television writer and producer. For his work on Mad, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program in 2012.[1] He co-created Nickelodeon's Breadwinners with Gary "Doodles" DiRaffaele. His inspiration for the field of animation was CatDog[2] from the network that produced Hey Dude and Double Dare that he grew up watching, Nickelodeon.[3]

Career

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Steve Borst lived in New York in 2003 when he became a writer and later head writer for Nick Creative Advertising,[4] working on commercials, corporate presentations, live events, network branding, online commercials, on-air promos, print advertisements, promotional material, and public service announcements. Ever since he moved to Los Angeles in 2009, he has written episodes for Mad and Teen Titans Go! for Cartoon Network. He was head writer for Captain Cornelius Cartoon's Cartoon Lagoon in 2012. He co-created Breadwinners alongside Gary "Doodles" DiRaffaele from when they met at Burbank while working on Mad.[5]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Notes
2001 8 O 15.9994(3) Writer
2004 Holy Crap, I Can Talk To Plants Writer
2004 Gone Writer
2010 Kids Choice Awards Orange Carpet 2010 Writer
2011 FEARnet's Movie With More Brains Writer
2012 Captain Cornelius Cartoon's Cartoon Lagoon Head Writer

Television

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Year Title Notes
2010–2013 Mad Writer
2013 The Looney Tunes Show Writer: Story
2013–2014; 2017–present Teen Titans Go! Writer
2014–2016 Breadwinners Co-creator, story editor, writer, songwriter, executive producer, and voice director
2021-2022 Middlemost Post Writer

References

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  1. ^ "Steve Borst". Emmy Awards. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Steve Borst, Gary DiRaffaele - Breadwinners - Nickelodeon Animation Studio". NickAnimationStudio.com. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
  3. ^ webcitation.org
  4. ^ James, Meg (February 7, 2014). "Has Nickelodeon found its new bread winner?". Retrieved April 20, 2017 – via LA Times.
  5. ^ "Nick's Plucky Newcomers". AnimationMagazine.net. February 15, 2014. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
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