Steve Kloves

Steve Kloves Movies and TV Shows

Steve Kloves, born in Austin, Texas, grew up in Sunnyvale, California, where he graduated from Fremont High School. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles but dropped out when he was not admitted into the film school in his third year. As an unpaidintern for a Hollywood agent, he gained attention for a screenplay he wrote called Swings. This led to a meeting where he successfully pitched Racing with the Moon (1984). His first experience with professional screenwriting left him wanting more interaction with the actors so that the characters would stay true to his vision. Kloves wrote The Fabulous Baker Boys and also intended it to be his directorial debut. After years of trying to sell the project in Hollywood, the film finally got off the ground and was released in 1989. The Fabulous Baker Boys did reasonably well, but his next shot as writer/director for Flesh and Bone in 1993 fared poorly at the box office. Kloves then stopped writing for three years. Realizing that he had to return to writing to support his family, he began adapting Michael Chabon's novel Wonder Boys into a screenplay. Kloves was offered the chance to direct but he declined, preferring to direct only his own original work. This was his first try at adapting another work to film. His screenplay was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award after the film's release in 2000. Warner Bros. sent Kloves a list of novels that the company was considering to adapt as films. The listing included the first Harry Potter novel, which intrigued him despite his usual indifference to these catalogs. He went on to write the screenplays for the first four films in the series. After Michael Goldenberg wrote the screenplay for the fifth film, Kloves then returned to write the sixth, seventh and eighth installments. As of 2011, Kloves is working on a film adaptation of Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which he will write and direct. He has also a draft written of the yet unproduced fantasy film Akira.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 3/18/1960 (64 years old)
  • Place of birth: Austin, Texas, USA
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
2022

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.2
67%
2018

Adventure

Drama

6.5
65%
2018

Adventure

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5
69%
2016

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.2
73%
2012

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.9
67%
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2011

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.1
81%
2010

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
78%
2009

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

Family

7.9
78%
2009

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
77%
2005

Adventure

Family

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.7
78%
2004

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.9
80%
2002

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
77%
2001

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.6
79%
Wonder Boys
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 69%
role:
Screenplay
2000

Comedy

Drama

7.2
69%
The Fabulous Baker Boys
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 66%
role:
Director & 1 more
Not available
1989

Comedy

Drama

Music

Romance

6.9
66%
Not available
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FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Steve Kloves are, for example, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.
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