Stephie Theodora is an award-winning screenwriter and director originally from London, Ontario, Canada.
Theatre Roots
Stephie grew up in the theatre world, performing alongside Amber Marshall and Rachel McAdams in the Original Kids Theatre Company. Her first written play, Blow This Popsicle Stand, won a sweep of awards and toured internationally. She went on to direct Beckett in Vienna, study under Daniel Mroz and Peter Froehlich at the University of Ottawa, and write plays that toured Prague, Berlin, Istanbul, and Hong Kong. Her work often draws from her Hungarian-Greek heritage.
MUSIC & RADIO
After moving to Berlin, Stephie fronted the punk band The Polymonsters ("Trashiest Band in Europe" 2010), played trumpet for Humboldt University Big Band, and hosted the vintage jazz show Boogie Hour with Stephie Strumpet on WTNR Radio. She DJed in clubs across Berlin and Switzerland.
VIDEO GAMES
Her satirical game Gentrification Monster launched her into the games industry. She worked at Wooga for 4 years on Pearl's Peril(120M+ players), and developed Left4u, nominated for a Social Design Award. She’s since contributed to multiple narrative game projects.
ANIMATION & TELEVISION
After moving to Los Angeles, Stephie made her move into animation with Straight From the Womb, which premiered at an animation festival in Sweden. She’s since written for: Danger Mouse (Netflix/BBC) Hanazuki (Hasbro) Littlest Pet Shop Invention Story Gummybear & Friends (13 eps + Christmas special with 2M+ views) FriendZSpace (Jim Henson Co.) Robot Trains (story editor, 56 eps) Lottie Dottie Chicken (Brazil) She also served as Head of Series Development at Fox & Sheep, turning children's apps into TV shows, books, and a Spotify series. Her game Woobees won a 2019 Webby Award.
RECENT WORK (2021–2025)
- Founded Percepto Films in Athens, Greece
- Directed short films Oracle Doomsday and The Rise of the Caryatids (starring Tzef Montana, now touring festivals)
- Wrote for ZDF, Piggy Builders, Dino Daze, Rabbit Academy, Drone Cats and Josephine and Toertle Attended the Series Mania Eureka Series program (sponsored by HBO)
- Developing adult animated horror-comedy with FredFilms
- Created sitcom with Turning Point and Shaftesbury Films
- Building Yanni and Kosta's Monster Tours, a genre-bending fantasy-comedy project
- Stephie is the daughter of the proprietors of The Villa Jazz Club and a first-generation Canadian with Hungarian and Greek roots. She is passionate about films from the first half of the 20th century, tofurkey, and writing in the third person.