John J. Strauss

John J. Strauss is an American producer and writer of film and television. He has written and produced for the television series Boy Meets World, Me and the Boys and Odd Man Out. Since 1998, Strauss has mainly focused on films, co-writing the screenplays for There's Something About Mary (1998), Head Over Heels (2001), The Santa Clause 2, The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), Rebound (2005), The Wild (2006), The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) and You Again (2010). He frequently collaborates with fellow producer and writer Ed Decter.

Works

Boy Meets World

The coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man.

Release Date1993-09-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count536

The Santa Clause 2

Better watch out! The big guy in red is coming to town once again. This time, Scott Calvin -- also known as Santa Claus -- finds out there's an obscure clause in his contract requiring him to take on a wife. He has to leave the North Pole to fulfill his obligations, or else he'll be forced to give up his Yuletide gig.

Release Date2002-09-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1386

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

Now that Santa and Mrs. Claus have the North Pole running smoothly, the Counsel of Legendary Figures has called an emergency meeting on Christmas Eve! The evil Jack Frost has been making trouble, looking to take over the holiday! So he launches a plan to sabotage the toy factory and compel Scott to invoke the little-known Escape Clause and wish he'd never become Santa.

Release Date2006-11-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1143

Free Birds

Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history—and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.

Release Date2013-10-30

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count829

The Client List

Riley Parks delicately balances two starkly different lives -- one as a single mom in a conservative town struggling to provide for her family and the other as a savvy and ambitious businesswoman working with a rowdy, sexy and unpredictable group of women.

Release Date2012-04-08

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count15

Vote Count150

There's Something About Mary

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.

Release Date1998-07-15

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count5171

The New Guy

Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?

Release Date2002-05-10

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count634

Rebound

An acclaimed college hoops coach is demoted to a junior varsity team after a public meltdown.

Release Date2005-07-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count345

You Again

History -- make that high school -- may repeat itself when Marni learns that Joanna, the mean girl from her past, is set to be her sister-in-law. Before the wedding bells toll, Marni must show her brother that a tiger doesn't change its stripes. On Marni's side is her mother, while Joanna's backed by her wealthy aunt.

Release Date2010-09-23

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count1273

Options

An MBA goes to Africa to make a deal, but comes out with a Princess.

Release Date1989-05-27

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count3

The Wild

An adolescent lion is accidentally shipped from the New York Zoo to Africa. Now running free, his zoo pals must put aside their differences to help bring him back.

Release Date2006-04-06

DepartmentProduction

JobCo-Producer

Vote Count1103

Think Like a Dog

A 12-year-old tech prodigy, whose science experiment goes awry, forges a telepathic connection with his best friend, Henry-his dog! The duo join forces and use their unique perspectives on life to comically overcome complications of family and school.

Release Date2020-08-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count163

Backyards & Bullets

Strange things are afoot at a local suburban neighborhood watch group.

Release Date2007-05-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

The Lizzie McGuire Movie

Lizzie McGuire has graduated from middle school and takes a trip to Rome, Italy with her class. And what was supposed to be only a normal trip, becomes a teenager's dream come true.

Release Date2003-05-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1306

Me and the Boys

Widower Steve Tower is raising three very different sons, Artis, William, and Andrew, with the help of his mother-in-law, Mary. When not at his video store, he is interacting with Artis, William, or Andrew, or his girlfriend, Amelia.

Release Date1994-09-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC television network as a part of the TGIF lineup. It aired from September 24, 1999 to January 7, 2000. Created by Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, the show also featured Bill Cosby as executive producer.

Release Date1999-09-24

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count13

Vote Count2

Head Over Heels

Ordinary single girl Amanda Pierce unexpectedly finds herself sharing an awesome Manhattan apartment with four sexy supermodels. Determined to bring Amanda into their world, the models give her the ultimate makeover. The plan works fabulously as Amanda connects with next door charmer Jim Winston. That is, until one night while spying on him, Amanda thinks she sees the man of her dreams committing a cold blooded crime.

Release Date2001-02-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count249

Backyards & Bullets

Strange things are afoot at a local suburban neighborhood watch group.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1