Steve Kloves

Biography

Born 03/18/1960

Kloves began writing professionally after being rejected by the film department at UCLA and taking a job delivering scripts for an agency. His third screenplay became his first credit, "Racing With the Moon" (1984), a touching story of young love with Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage and Elizabeth McGovern...
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Awards

  • In 2000, received Las Vegas Film Critics Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
  • In 2000, received USC Scripter Award
  • In 2000, received Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay

Highlights

  • In 2004, Wrote the screenplay for "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"
  • In 2002, Penned the screenplay for "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
  • In 2001, Adapted the popular "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" for a feature film

Family & Companions

  • mother: died of cancer not long after the release of "The Fabulous Baker Boys"; Kloves not active in Hollywood for upwards of a year after
  • Judith Lynn Kloves: sister (born on September 2, 1964)

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