Biography
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 h...
Complete Filmography
Wonder
2017
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
2015
Writer, Executive Producer
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 rout...
Timms Valley
2013
Director, 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 ...
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2013
Screenplay, Screenstory
A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.
The Promotion
2008
Director, Author
Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.
The Pursuit of Happyness
2006
Screenplay
A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.
The Weather Man
2005
Screenplay, Co-Producer
A Chicago weather man, separated from his wife and children, debates whether professional and personal success are mutually exclusive.
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
1993
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 ...
Belushi
N/A
Director, 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.
Untitled Adewumi Family Project
N/A
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 w...