John Christopher Schulte (born 1959) is an American writer, director,
and producer of animation, toys and entertainment properties. He has
developed many iconic intellectual properties from the 1980s, 1990s
and on into the 21st-century. Working as a developer and writer, he
served on the development team for the wildly popular Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles, which became a multibillion-dollar franchise
internationally and has enjoyed several resurgences since its original
inception by the comic book duo, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. He
provided seminal development for licensee, Playmates Toys, and
contributed stories to the animated series, helmed by veteran
satirist, Jack Mendelsohn.He developed the short-lived but treasured
original toy and animation property, B.C. Bikers, about a rogue band
of "chrome age" dinosaurs who ride motorcycles through their
prehistoric end times. He worked on interpolating the Troma feature
film, The Toxic Avenger into an animated program for kids, called
Toxic Crusaders. In 2006, he worked with creator/producer, Rick Ungar,
to develop Zorro: Generation Z. He penned a script for an introductory
animated series called Gormiti: The Invincible Lords of Nature, based
on the Italian toy phenomenon from Giochi Preziosi, which made its way
to the United States via Playmates Toys, and debuted on Cartoon
Network in 2009.Creating story content for digital products has
resulted in Schulte's co-development of a number of noteworthy
projects, including smart toys for Bandai America (Tamagotchi) and
Playmates Toys (Nano).Schulte collaborates with his longtime writing
partners, John C. Besmehn, Fred Fox Jr., and his wife, Cheryl Ann
Wong. Their business is Pangea Corporation where he serves as
president.
and producer of animation, toys and entertainment properties. He has
developed many iconic intellectual properties from the 1980s, 1990s
and on into the 21st-century. Working as a developer and writer, he
served on the development team for the wildly popular Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles, which became a multibillion-dollar franchise
internationally and has enjoyed several resurgences since its original
inception by the comic book duo, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. He
provided seminal development for licensee, Playmates Toys, and
contributed stories to the animated series, helmed by veteran
satirist, Jack Mendelsohn.He developed the short-lived but treasured
original toy and animation property, B.C. Bikers, about a rogue band
of "chrome age" dinosaurs who ride motorcycles through their
prehistoric end times. He worked on interpolating the Troma feature
film, The Toxic Avenger into an animated program for kids, called
Toxic Crusaders. In 2006, he worked with creator/producer, Rick Ungar,
to develop Zorro: Generation Z. He penned a script for an introductory
animated series called Gormiti: The Invincible Lords of Nature, based
on the Italian toy phenomenon from Giochi Preziosi, which made its way
to the United States via Playmates Toys, and debuted on Cartoon
Network in 2009.Creating story content for digital products has
resulted in Schulte's co-development of a number of noteworthy
projects, including smart toys for Bandai America (Tamagotchi) and
Playmates Toys (Nano).Schulte collaborates with his longtime writing
partners, John C. Besmehn, Fred Fox Jr., and his wife, Cheryl Ann
Wong. Their business is Pangea Corporation where he serves as
president.
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