تولد
November 17, 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
محل تولد
New York City , New York , USA
Among the handful of screenwriters whose films have earned over $2 billion at the box office, Steven de Souza was introduced to Hollywood on camera--as a contestant on an L.A. game show. There the Philadelphia-based writer for PBS, "The New York Times", "Premiere" and other media outlets won a car and a color TV--and then talked his way into the office of several producers to leave behind some writing samples. A contract with Universal Television as a story editor was the result. From there, he moved into producing (Knight Rider (1982)) and then earned his first film credit, on Nur 48 Stunden (1982). That film, along with Das Phantom Kommando (1985), Stirb langsam (1988) and Stirb Langsam 2 (1990), established his reputation as a writer who could juggle both action and humor. That combination remains evident in all of his subsequent work, which expanded to include science-fiction (V - Die außerirdischen Besucher kommen zurück (1984), Running Man (1987), Judge Dredd (1995)), horror (Geschichten aus der Gruft (1989), Vom Teufel besessen (2000)) and fantasy (Flintstones: Die Familie Feuerstein (1994), Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1993), Lara Croft - Tomb Raider: Die Wiege des Lebens (2003)). He has been nominated two times each for the Edgar Allen Poe award for best mystery screenplay and the Saturn award for best Science Fiction/Fantasy Film. In 2000 he was honored with the Norman Lear Award for Lifetime Achievement in writing. In 2009 his web series Unknown Sender (2008) became an unprecedented triple honoree in the 13th annual Webby Awards--for best series and best writing and for Timothy Dalton's performance in Unknown Sender: If You're Seeing This Tape... (2008). - IMDb Mini Biography By: A. Nonymous
