Steve Kloves

Steve Kloves

1960-03-18 Austin, Texas, USA 20 Credits

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...

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A Look Through His Lens

A Look Through His Lens

2024

as Self

Acting

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

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

2022

Screenplay, Producer

6.6
Writing Producing

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

Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle

2018

Producer

6.5
Producing

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

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

2018

Producer

6.8
Producing

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

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

2016

Producer

7.3
Producing

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

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

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

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

2011

Screenplay

8.1
Writing

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

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

2010

Screenplay

7.7
Writing

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

Fantastic Mr. Fox

2009

Thanks

7.8

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

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

2009

Screenplay

7.7
Writing

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

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

2005

Screenplay

7.8
Writing

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

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

Screenplay

8.0
Writing

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

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

Screenplay

7.7
Writing

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

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

Screenplay

7.9
Writing

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

Wonder Boys

2000

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

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

Flesh and Bone

1993

Director, Screenplay

6.1
Directing Writing

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

The Fabulous Baker Boys

1989

Director, Writer

6.6
Directing Writing

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

Racing with the Moon

1984

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

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

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

N/A

Screenplay, Director

Writing Directing

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

Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421

N/A

Screenplay

Writing

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...