Steven Conrad

Steven Conrad

Birth : , Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

History

Steven Conrad (born 1968) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. Born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Conrad briefly attended Florida State University before transferring to Northwestern University, where he majored in English. Shortly after attending Northwestern, at age 19 he sold his first screenplay, Wrestling Ernest Hemingway, adapted from a short story he had written for a creative writing class. Eleven years passed before he tackled his next project, Lawrence Melm, which he scripted and directed. He followed this with The Weather Man (which he also produced) and The Pursuit of Happyness. He wrote, directed, and edited his latest film, The Promotion, which premiered at South by Southwest in March 2008 and was released by Dimension Films later that year. Potential future projects include an adaptation of the Chang-Rae Lee novel Aloft for Scott Rudin; Chad Schmidt, about a talented actor with a slight resemblance to Brad Pitt; and The Expanding Mailman with Jack Black. Conrad is the brother of actor Chris Conrad. He lives in Chicago. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Conrad, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Steven Conrad

Movies

Wonder
Wonder
Screenplay
The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business
Writer
A hard-working small business owner and his two associates travel to Europe to close the most important deal of their lives. But what began as a routine business trip goes off the rails in every imaginable – and unimaginable – way, including unplanned stops at a massive sex fetish event and a global economic summit.
Timms Valley
Timms Valley
Writer
A scripted comedy set in the fictional town of Timms Valley, Wisconsin, where the lives and livelihoods of its citizens are intertwined with the fate of the town's biggest employer, Timms Industrial Piping. When the company's founder and CEO goes missing in a plane crash, the lives of the characters are turned upside down. Shot in stop-motion animation with baby dolls repurposed as an array of adult characters, and modeled on 1980s primetime soaps like Dynasty.
Timms Valley
Timms Valley
Director
A scripted comedy set in the fictional town of Timms Valley, Wisconsin, where the lives and livelihoods of its citizens are intertwined with the fate of the town's biggest employer, Timms Industrial Piping. When the company's founder and CEO goes missing in a plane crash, the lives of the characters are turned upside down. Shot in stop-motion animation with baby dolls repurposed as an array of adult characters, and modeled on 1980s primetime soaps like Dynasty.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Screenplay
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
Identity Thief
Identity Thief
Screenplay
When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.
The Promotion
The Promotion
Author
Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.
The Promotion
The Promotion
Director
Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness
Screenplay
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
The Weather Man
The Weather Man
Co-Producer
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
The Weather Man
The Weather Man
Screenplay
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
Writer
Frank, a retired Irish seaman, and Walter, a retired Cuban barber, are two lonely old men trapped in the emptiness of their own lives. When they meet in a park Frank is able to start a conversation after several attempts. They begin to spend time together and become friends. But because of their different characters they often quarrel with each other and finally seperate after Frank misbehaves to Walter's friend Elaine.
Untitled Adewumi Family Project
Untitled Adewumi Family Project
Screenplay
The story of a Nigerian family that escaped terrorism in their home country, sought and received asylum in America, and — against all odds — found a welcoming new home in New York. Living in a homeless center on religious asylum, their 8-year-old son, Tani, won the 2019 New York State chess championship, despite only being introduced to the game two years prior.
Belushi
Belushi
Screenplay
The story of comic singer John Belushi who rose to fame in 1970s died for a drug overdose in 1982 at the age of 33.