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About Steve
Graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Journalism as well as attending programs in the much-lauded Writer’s Workshop and completed the film director’s program at UCLA.
At twenty-five, co-founded the Gold Coast Theater Group in Los Angeles. Produced and directed productions of Michael Cristofer’s The Shadow Box, and Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge.
First writing job: ghostwriting Woman Inside, tackling the story of a Vietnam veteran's gender transition. Produced works include Profile for Murder (starring Lance Henriksen and Joan Severance) and Brothers in Arms (with Todd Allen and Dedee Pfeiffer). Also worked “week to week” contracts on many diverse film scripts, expanding rewrite and story refinement skills.
I've returned to screenwriting after a twenty-five year absence. Previously repped by ICM and Original Artists.
Badges
2025-06-27
Double Recommended Screenwriter
2025-06-05
Writers' Room Member
Certifications
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The Glass House Budget: $30M+ | Thriller ⋄ Sci-fi In the year 2080, a London journalist is invited to document the life of an enigmatic architect who vanished after a family tragedy, but as she delves deeper into his mysterious world, she uncovers unsettling truths about his past and the experimental technologies that led to his disappearance.
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The Last Flight of Professor Finch Budget: $5M - $10M | Comedy ⋄ Adventure When a reclusive ornithologist’s precious field journal is stolen by bumbling art thieves who mistake his bird observations for clues to a lost treasure, he teams up with an intriguing travel writer to recover it — while a determined French detective pursues them across Europe — all as he quietly searches for an extinct golden bird and a long-overdue second chance at life.
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Red Silence Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Action In 1962 Berlin, at the height of the Cold War, a CIA operative teams up with his former lover, a Soviet spy, to stop a rogue Russian general's deadly operation while exposing corruption within their own ranks, leading to a dangerous pursuit across Europe that culminates in a final showdown in Lisbon.
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Nightingale Budget: $5M - $10M | Historical ⋄ Romance In 1933 Vienna, a gifted but repressed concert pianist finds herself entangled in a passionate and forbidden romance with a young, spirited violinist, igniting her artistic awakening amidst mounting Nazi influence and the rise of political tensions which threatens to obliterate the fragile beauty they've discovered together.
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Flashpoint Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Drama When a Chinese professor is kidnapped and renditioned back to China from the U.S., days before the start of international trade talks in Hong Kong, the ill-timed action turns a pro-democracy rally deadly and forces a young American diplomat and a veteran journalist to uncover the truth and help avert a global crisis.
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Jory Ackerman Budget: $1M - $5M | Thriller ⋄ Mystery When the daughter of a U.S. Senator is brutally murdered in Seattle, mirroring the unsolved killings of young women in London, British journalist Jory Ackerman is drawn back into a nightmare from her past. Battling her own demons, Jory must navigate a web of political intrigue and personal vendettas to unmask a serial killer who is disturbingly connected to her.
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