Kloves, Steve 1960- (Steven Kloves)

PERSONAL

Born March 18, 1960, in Austin, TX; father, an aerospace engineer; mother, a teacher and former newspaper columnist; married Kathy Kloves (a writer and producer); children: Callie Blake, Christopher James. Education: Attended the University of California, Los Angeles.

Addresses:

Agent—Creative Artists Agency, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Career:

Screenwriter and director. Previously worked delivering scripts for an agency.

Awards, Honors:

Screen Award nomination, best screenplay written directly for the screen, Writers Guild of America, 1990, for The Fabulous Baker Boys; Sierra Award, best screenplay—adapted, Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Boston Society of Film Critics Award, best screenplay, 2000, Academy Award nomination, best writing—screenplay based on material previously produced or published, Screen Award nomination, best screenplay based on material previously produced or published, Writers Guild of America, Scripter Award (with Michael Chabon), University of Southern California, Online Film Critics Award nomination, best screenplay, ALFS Award nomination, screenwriter of the year, London Critics Circle Film Awards, Golden Globe Award nomination, best screenplay—motion picture, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination, best screenplay, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, best screenplay—adapted, Film Award nomination, best screenplay—adapted, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2001, all for Wonder Boys; Children's Award nomination (with David Heyman and Chris Columbus), best feature film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2002, for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Children's Award nomination (with Heyman and Columbus), best feature film, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 2003, for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Saturn Award nomination, best writer, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 2005, for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban; Saturn Award nomination, best writing, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films, 2006, for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

CREDITS

Film Director:

(As Steven Kloves) The Fabulous Baker Boys, 1989.

Flesh and Bone, 1993.

Film Appearances:

Himself, Conversation with J. K. Rowling and Steve Kloves (documentary short), 2003.

Himself, Creating the Vision (documentary short), 2004.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

(As Steven Kloves) Racing with the Moon, Paramount, 1984.

(As Steven Kloves) The Fabulous Baker Boys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989.

Flesh and Bone, Paramount, 1993.

Wonderboys (also known as Die Wonder Boys and Wonderboys-lauter wunderknaben), Paramount, 2000.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), Warner Bros., 2001.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (also known as Harry Potter und die kammer des schreckens), Warner Bros., 2002.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Warner Bros., 2004.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Warner Bros., 2005.