Rebecca Sugar (born July 9, 1987), is an American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, and songwriter. She is known for creating the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe, which has made her the first woman to independently create a series for the network. Sugar was formerly a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series Adventure Time, until 2013. Her work on the two series has earned her five Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
For her work on Steven Universe, Sugar was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for Short-format Animation for the episodes "Lion 3: Straight to Video" in 2015, "The Answer" in 2016, "Mr. Greg" in 2017 and "Jungle Moon" in 2018.
In 2017, Steven Universe was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 28th GLAAD Media Awards, the goal of the awards is to "[recognize] the most inclusive and accurately portrayed representations of the LGBTQ community in film, television, and other platforms"
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's Gems as "non-binary women" in order to express herself, as a non-binary woman, through them. 리베카 슈거(1987년생, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA) 는 작가로, 대표작으로 핀과 제이크의 어드벤처 타임, 스티븐 유니버스, 어드벤처 타임: 피오나 앤 케이크가 있으며, 그 외에도 스티븐 유니버스 퓨처, 스티븐 유니버스: 더 무비, The Elephant, Afterworld: กลับบ้าน, Steven Universe, Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems, Untitled Animated Moomin Movie, Singles 등 다양한 작품에 참여했다. (오뜨랑에서 실시간으로 번역된 한글 프로필도 확인할 수 있어요) 2025년 Behind The Elephant에 출연했다. 2025년 Adult Swim's The Elephant 연출을 맡았다. 2025년 Adult Swim's The Elephant 제작에 참여했다.