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Steven Conrad

American filmmaker

Field	Value
name	Steven Conrad
image	Steve Conrad, Patriot- A Special Preview (cropped).jpg
caption	Steve Conrad discusses Patriot for New America in 2017
birth_place	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
nationality
alma_mater	Florida State University
Northwestern University
occupation	Screenwriter, director, film producer
years_active	1986-present

Northwestern University

Steven Conrad is an American screenwriter, director, and film producer.

Early life and education

Steven Conrad was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

He briefly attended Florida State University before transferring to Northwestern University, where he majored in creative writing.

Career

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 wrote and directed. He followed this with The Weather Man (which he also produced) and The Pursuit of Happyness. He wrote, directed, and edited The Promotion, which premiered at South by Southwest in March 2008 and was released by Dimension Films later that year.

His projects include an adaptation of the Chang-Rae Lee novel Aloft for Scott Rudin; Chad Schmidt, about a talented actor with a resemblance to Brad Pitt and The Expanding Mailman with Jack Black.

In 2013, he adapted a James Thurber short story for the film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, directed by and starring Ben Stiller. In 2015, Conrad developed Patriot for Amazon Studios. Its pilot led to a full series order, and it premiered in its entirety on February 24, 2017. In addition to executive-producing the series, he has also written and directed most of the first season's episodes.

In the same year, Conrad re-wrote the script for Wonder, a film adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name by R. J. Palacio. The script was also written by Jack Thorne and Stephen Chbosky, with the latter having directed the film, which was released on November 17, 2017.

In 2019, Conrad's series Perpetual Grace, LTD, starring Sir Ben Kingsley and featuring many of the actors from Patriot, premiered on Epix. In 2021, Conrad's stop-motion animated series Ultra City Smiths premiered on AMC+.

Personal life

His brother, Chris Conrad, is an actor and has frequently appeared in Steven's productions. Their mother was a teacher at St. Gregory the Great Catholic School, Plantation, Broward County, Florida.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Writer
1993	Wrestling Ernest Hemingway
2004	Lawrence Melm	Directorial debut
2005	The Weather Man
2006	The Pursuit of Happyness
2008	The Promotion
2013	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
2015	Unfinished Business
2017	Wonder

Television

Year	Title	Writer
2011	Connie Banks the Actor	Unaired pilot
2013	Timms Valley	Unaired pilot
2015–2018	Patriot	Creator; Writer (14 episodes), director (14 episodes)
2019	Perpetual Grace, LTD	Co-creator; writer (10 episodes), director (6 episodes)
2021	Ultra City Smiths	Creator; writer (6 episodes), director (6 episodes)
2026	DTF St. Louis	Creator; writer, director

Awards

Year	Award	Award category	Nominated work	Result
2018	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Comedy Series	Patriot
Critics' Choice Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay	Wonder

References

"News & Politics".
Wagmeister, Elizabeth. (December 18, 2015). "Amazon Picks Up Slew of Comedy, Drama, Kids Series".
(January 27, 2017). "'Patriot' Gets February Premiere Date On Amazon".
(April 23, 2015). "'Paddington' Director Books Lionsgate's YA Adaptation 'Wonder' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
Otterson, Joe. (November 1, 2024). "HBO Orders Limited Series ‘DTF St. Louis’ Starring David Harbour & Jason Bateman".

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