My semi-official bio, with very few lies:
Emmy-nominated writer Hugh Sterbakov has sold TV and feature scripts to AMC, Paramount, Urban Entertainment, G4, SciFi Channel and Disney. He has won numerous awards for screenwriting, including the Irene I. Parisi "Set in Philadelphia" competition. As a loser, he was a finalist in the coveted Disney Fellowships and Nicholl Fellowships. He also lost the Emmy for Robot Chicken: Star Wars. For Robot Chicken: Star Wars: Episode III, he won an Annie Award for Best Writing in a Television Series. His assessment of these milestones is that winning is better than losing, but either works if the food is good.
Hugh was born and raised in West Philadelphia. He attended Robert E. Lamberton High School, worked at a local comic store and West Coast Video, and enjoyed throwing magnets on his friend's cars while on the freeway. He traveled to Ithaca College in upstate New York for his BFA in Cinema and Photography, with minors in writing and sociology, and then moved to Los Angeles, where he earned his MFA in screenwriting at UCLA.
In his downtime during his conquering rampage through Hollywood, Hugh has written over 1,000 videogame-related articles for such illustrious rags as Time Out New York, World of Warcraft: The Official Magazine, ToyFare, Gamespot and CNN.com. He was a contract writer at GamePro for over five years, where he known as "Boba Fatt" and "Jango Fatt." He also developed marketing concepts for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and created missions for Spore Galactic Adventures. He currently irregularly co-hosts the One of Swords podcast with Activision's Community Manager, Dan Amrich.
Also, this happened: Hugh was a story editor on a reality TV show by Evolution Entertainment. He also appeared on E!'s Hollywood Hold 'Em, where he was caught by Mila Kunis in a humiliating bluff.
Hugh wrote the critically acclaimed comic book Freshmen, (seriously, people liked it--you should Google the reviews). He co-created Freshmen with childhood friend Seth Green, but some people claim to have actually noticed his name listed as "writer." Freshmen is currently in development as a feature film.
Hugh's acclaimed blog, It Sucks to be Hugh, won the hearts and minds of the world's literary literati before it was captured by the CIA in 2009. It has recently been seen on the run throughout Europe and Africa, and promises to return in 2011.
Hugh lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters. He wrangles toys for Robot Chicken and recently finished his first novel, a techno-thriller-horror with comedy, drama, monsters and lots of words.
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