Steven Jon Whritner

Plymouth Rock Entertainment, Inc.
Producer and Screenwriter

New York City, New York

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About Steven

Award-winning writer and producer Steven Jon Whritner has served in senior executive level positions at several of the leading cable and broadcast networks. Whritner has also created and produced more than 100 hours of successful television programming netting many of the industry’s top honors.

Whritner served as senior producer at A&E Networks; Creative Director and Executive in Charge of On-air Promotion at United Paramount Network’s flagship station in New York, UPN 9; and Vice President of Creative Services for Food Network where he spearheaded the network’s complete corporate re-design, while packaging hit shows such as Emeril Live.

Whritner also served as Executive Vice President, Production and Development at Emmy®-winning Big Chief Entertainment where he created and produced several long-running television series, including TLC’s Repo Men: Stealing for a Living and the dating game show Get The HookUp for TV One, among others.

In addition to his extensive producing career, Whritner’s writing for film and television has been recognized for excellence by several of today’s leading screenwriting competitions, including the Page International Screenwriting Awards, Creative World Awards, Austin Film Festival, Final Draft’s Big Break Screenwriting Contest, Tracking Board’s Launchpad Competitions, and the prestigious Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.

In 2006 Whritner launched Plymouth Rock Entertainment, Inc., a creative agency specializing in the development, production and marketing of a vast range of entertainment content, including the nationally syndicated daytime court show Jury Duty, for which Whritner served as an executive producer. Current Plymouth Rock projects in active development include the scripted dramas License to Steal, Ravenous and Son of the Dragon, in addition to the motion picture Incidentals.

Whritner attended Rhode Island School of Design and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Film and Television from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Since then and throughout his career Whritner’s work has been recognized with numerous industry accolades, including an Emmy® and the prestigious World Class Award, PromaxBDA’s highest honor. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Stowe Story Labs, New England’s premiere institute for emerging screenwriters and creative producers, and is an advisor to the Board of Directors of the Sam Houston Southwest Film Investment Fund.

Gender:
Male

Height:
6' 2"

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Jury Duty (2007 - 2008)
Television by Radar Entertainment (Reality-TV) Executive Producer A court show in which celebrities act as jury members.
The Color Purple: The Color of Success (2007)
TV Movie by Big Chief Entertainment (Documentary) Executive Producer An inspirational prime time television special which chronicles Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning story's winding road to Broadway from book, to screen, to stage - as told by the talented people and famous personalities who have embraced it along the way.
Repo Men: Stealing for a Living (2002 - 2004)
Television by Big Chief Entertainment (Reality-TV) Co-creator/Executive Producer
Biker Girls: Born to Be Wild (2004)
TV Movie by Big Chief Entertainment (Reality-TV) Executive Producer
Get the Hook Up (2004)
Television by Big Chief Entertainment (Game-Show) Creator/Showrunner
The New Sideshow (2002)
TV Movie by Big Chief Entertainment (Documentary) Executive Producer A graphic look at modern-day sideshows touring around the world.
Mole People: Life in the World Below (2001)
Television by Big Chief Entertainment (Documentary) Executive Producer