Miner, Steve 1951- (Stephen Miner)

PERSONAL

Full name, Stephen C. Miner; born June 18, 1951, in Chicago, IL. Education: Attended Dean Junior College, Franklin, MA.

Addresses:

Office—Minervision, 8000 Sunset Blvd., Suite 301A, Los Angeles, CA 90046. Agent—Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Manager—RMG, 12300 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 420/425, Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Career:

Director and producer. Began career as a production assistant for industrial films; worked in production and post-production for Time-Life Corporation's education films; Paramount Images, director of commercials; Minervision, Los Angeles, CA, president and director.

Awards, Honors:

Directors Guild of America Award (with others), outstanding directorial achievement in comedy series, and Emmy Award nominations (with others), best director and best comedy series, 1989, all for The Wonder Years; International Fantasy Film Award nomination, best film, Fantasporto, 1989, for House; Pegasus Audience Award, Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, 1989, for Warlock; Best Film Award nomination, Sitges—Catalonian International Film Festival, 1998, for Halloween H20: 20 Years Later.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Supervising producer, The Wonder Years, ABC, 1988-89.

Producer, Dawson's Creek, The WB, 1998.

Co-executive producer, Wildfire, ABC Family, 2004-2005.

Television Director; Pilots:

Elvis (also known as Elvis: Good Rockin' Tonight), ABC, 1990.

Executive producer and director, Maverick Square, ABC, 1991.

Wasteland, ABC, 1999.

Wildfire, ABC Family, 2005.

Television Work; Pilots:

Director, Never Love a Thief (movie), PAX, 1998.

Television Director; Episodic:

The Wonder Years, ABC, 1988-89.

"B-Men," CBS Summer Playhouse, CBS, 1989.

Laurie Hill, 1992.

(As Stephen Miner) Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1993.

Against the Grain, NBC, 1993.

Chicago Hope, CBS, 1994.

Raising Caines, 1995.

Relativity, ABC, 1996.

"Dog Bite," The Practice, ABC, 1997.

"Hide and Seek," The Practice, ABC, 1997.

Dawson's Creek, The WB, 1998.

Wasteland, ABC, 1999.

The Further Adventures, 2000.

"The Christening," Felicity, The WB, 2000.

Kate Brasher, CBS, 2001.

"Duplicity," Smallville (also known as Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2002.

"Who's Your Daddy?," Miss Match, NBC, 2003.

"Nostalgia," Karen Sisco, ABC, 2003.

"Upgrade," Jack 2.0, UPN, 2004.

"Skipping School," Summerland, The WB, 2004.

"Alexandra," North Shore, Fox, 2004.

Wildfire, ABC Family, 2005.

Also directed "Miss Communication," Miss Match.

Film Work:

Production assistant, assistant producer, and assistant editor, Last House on the Left (also known as Grim Company, Krug and Company, Night of Vengeance, and Sex Crime of the Century), 1972.

(As Stephen Miner) Editor and second unit director, The Case of the Full Moon Murders (also known as The Case of the Smiling Stiffs, Night of the Full Moon Murders, and Sex on the Groove Tube), 1974.

Assistant editor, Video Vixens (also known as Black Socks), 1975.

(As Stephen Miner) Editor, second unit director, and producer, Here Come the Tigers (also known as Manny's Orphans and Kick!), American International Pictures, 1978.

(As Stephen Miner) Unit production manager and associate producer, Friday the 13th, Paramount, 1980.

(As Stephen Miner) Director and producer, Friday the 13th Part 2, Paramount, 1981.

(As Stephen Miner) Director, Friday the 13th Part 3 (also known as Friday the 13th: Part III and Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D), Paramount, 1982.

Director, House (also known as House: Ding Dong, You're Dead), New World, 1986.

Director, Soul Man (also known as The Imposter), New World, 1986.

Second unit director, Night of the Creeps, 1986.

Director and producer, Warlock, 1989.

Director, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, Walt Disney Pictures, 1991.

Director, Forever Young, 1992.

Director, Sherwood's Travel (also known as Never Love a Thief), 1994.

Director, My Father the Hero (also known as My Father, ce heros), 1994.

Director, Big Bully, Warner Bros., 1996.

Director, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (also known as Halloween: H2O, Halloween H2O (20 Years Later), and Halloween 7), Miramax, 1998.

Director, Lake Placid (also known as Lac Placid), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Director, Texas Rangers, Miramax/Dimension, 2001.

Director, Day of the Dead, Millennium Films, 2007.

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Hippie taunting deputy, Last House on the Left (also known as Grim Company, Krug and Company, Night of Vengeance, and Sex Crime of the Century), 1972.

(Uncredited) Newscaster, Friday the 13th Part 3 (also known as Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D), Paramount, 1982.

Himself, Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors, 1986.

Himself, Unmasking the Horror, 1998.

(Uncredited) School financial advisor, Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (also known as Halloween: H2O and Halloween H2O (20 Years Later)), 1998.

(Uncredited) Airplane pilot, Lake Placid (also known as Lac Placid), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Himself, It's Only a Movie: The Making of "Last House on the Left" (documentary short), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 2002.

WRITINGS

Film Stories:

(As Stephen Miner) Here Come the Tigers (also known as Manny's Orphans and Kick!), American International Pictures, 1978.

Television Stories; Pilots:

Maverick Square, ABC, 1991.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Starlog, January, 1993; August, 1993.