Biography
Stephen Keith Kloves (born March 18, 1960) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He wrote and directed the film The Fabulous Baker Boys and is mainly known for his screenplay adaptations of novels, especially for all but one of the Harry Potter films (the exception being The Order of the Phoenix) and for Wonder Boys, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Kloves, born in Austin, Texas, grew up in Sunnyvale, California, where he graduated fro...
Known For
Complete Filmography

A Look Through His Lens
2024
as Self
Oscar-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot offers a master class in image making, with insightful examples from his work on Diva, Hope and Glory...

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
2022
Screenplay, Producer
Professor Albus Dumbledore knows the powerful, dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him a...

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
2018
Producer
A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
2018
Producer
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only o...

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016
Producer
In 1926, Newt Scamander arrives at the Magical Congress of the United States of America with a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of ...

The Amazing Spider-Man
2012
Screenplay
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenager...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
Screenplay
Harry, Ron and Hermione continue their quest to vanquish the evil Voldemort once and for all. Just as things begin to look hopeless for the young wiza...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010
Screenplay
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for ...

Fantastic Mr. Fox
2009
Thanks
The Fantastic Mr. Fox, bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with t...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Screenplay
As Lord Voldemort tightens his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven. Harry suspects perils may even lie wi...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Screenplay
When Harry Potter's name emerges from the Goblet of Fire, he becomes a competitor in a grueling battle for glory among three wizarding schools—the Tri...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Screenplay
Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts...

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Screenplay
Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger aw...

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Screenplay
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with ...

Wonder Boys
2000
Screenplay
Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago....

Flesh and Bone
1993
Director, Screenplay
Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumati...

The Fabulous Baker Boys
1989
Director, Writer
The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.

Racing with the Moon
1984
Screenplay
In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. He...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
N/A
Screenplay, Director
An autistic 15-year-old replicates the methods of Sherlock Holmes to discover who killed his neighbor's dog with a garden tool.

Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421
N/A
Screenplay
A plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean six minutes after takeoff, and is flooded after an explosion during evacuation. A dozen survivors sink in a seale...