Stephen Meadows (Screenwriter, Actor, Producer)

Stephen Meadows

Screenwriter | Actor | Producer

Website: www.stephenmeadows.com

Biography

His screenplay, It’s Only Life recently won both the New York Script Awards and New York Movie Awards for Best Dramatic Screenplay, followed by wins in the Paris, London and Oxford Screenplay Awards. His thriller, Flash Card won Best Feature Script of the Year (2023), at the Vegas Movie Awards, the London Movie Awards and New York City Film Festival. His dystopian script Rumblers won the Gold Star Movie Awards for Best Sci-Fi Screenplay and Dreamgift won Best Screenplay in the Hollywood Horror Film Festival and New York Movie Awards. In 2022, Steve was named “Best International Screenwriter” by the 8&HalFilm Awards.

Steve entered the entertainment business in 1984. While raising his family in Hollywood, he had a career as a cinematographer and actor from 1984 to 2010, producing documentaries and performing in more than a hundred television productions and dozens of films. He was the Director of Photography for John Ritter’s last film Man of the Year, produced the reality show pilot Straight From the Edge, and produced/filmed the documentary Cross-Cultural Solutions about Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying and Destitute in Lima, Peru that won the Exceptional Merit Award from Doctors Without Borders.

Steve grew up in Georgia, played football for the Georgia Bulldogs, served in the Marine Corps and received his Graduate Teaching Credential at the University of California. He began his architectural practice in 1975 and taught architecture and industrial design until 1983 at San Francisco State University, U.C. Berkeley, the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design and the Academy of Art. He holds three U.S. Utility Patents for his invention of the Parabounce® that was recognized by Popular Mechanics as one of the world's 12 most innovative products.

Steve volunteers in the ER at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In 2004, he was a volunteer medical worker and firefighter in Peru and a disaster relief volunteer in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami. His company, One Giant Leap, donates all profits to children’s causes. Steve was selected to “Who’s Who” in 2007, resides in Venice, California and has three children. He also designs and flies experimental aircraft.

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Projects (4)

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Action .
Science Fiction .
Thriller

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5 Awards

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Fantasy .
Mystery/Suspense .
Thriller

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8 Awards

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Action .
Mystery/Suspense .
Thriller

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23 Awards

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Drama .
Faith-based .
Family

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31 Awards

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Education

University of California, San Francisco

College Teaching Credential

Stephen Meadows

Screenwriter | Actor | Producer

Website: www.stephenmeadows.com

Biography

JOSEPH STEPHEN MEADOWS (Steve), is a Screenwriter, Cinematographer and Performer. Recently, four of his screenplays won Best Feature Screenplay in over thirty International Screenwriting Competitions. His screenplay, It’s Only Life recently won both the New York Script Awards and New York Movie Awards for Best Dramatic Screenplay, followed by wins in the Paris, London and Oxford Screenplay Awards. His thriller, Flash Card won Best Feature Script of the Year (2023), at the Vegas Movie Awards, the London Movie Awards and New York City Film Festival. His dystopian script Rumblers won the Gold Star Movie Awards for Best Sci-Fi Screenplay and Dreamgift won Best Screenplay in the Hollywood Horror Film Festival and New York Movie Awards. In 2022, Steve was named “Best International Screenwriter” by the 8&HalFilm Awards. Steve entered the entertainment business in 1984. While raising his family in Hollywood, he had a career as a cinematographer and actor from 1984 to 2010, producing documentaries and performing in more than a hundred television productions and dozens of films. He was the Director of Photography for John Ritter’s last film Man of the Year, produced the reality show pilot Straight From the Edge, and produced/filmed the documentary Cross-Cultural Solutions about Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying and Destitute in Lima, Peru that won the Exceptional Merit Award from Doctors Without Borders. Steve grew up in Georgia, played football for the Georgia Bulldogs, served in the Marine Corps and received his Graduate Teaching Credential at the University of California. He began his architectural practice in 1975 and taught architecture and industrial design until 1983 at San Francisco State University, U.C. Berkeley, the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design and the Academy of Art. He holds three U.S. Utility Patents for his invention of the Parabounce® that was recognized by Popular Mechanics as one of the world's 12 most innovative products. Steve volunteers in the ER at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In 2004, he was a volunteer medical worker and firefighter in Peru and a disaster relief volunteer in Sri Lanka after the Tsunami. His company, One Giant Leap, donates all profits to children’s causes. Steve was selected to “Who’s Who” in 2007, resides in Venice, California and has three children. He also designs and flies experimental aircraft.

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