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Steven E. de Souza

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Steven E. de Souza in Street Fighter (1994)
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Tales from the Script (2009)
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Among the handful of screenwriters whose films have earned over $2 billion at the box office, Steven de Souza was introduced to Hollywood on camera--as a contestant on an L.A. game show. There the Philadelphia-based writer for PBS, The New York Times, Premiere and other media outlets won a car and a color TV--and then talked his way into the office of several producers to leave behind some writing samples. A contract with Universal Television as a story editor was the result. From there, he moved into producing (Knight Rider (1982)) and then earned his first film credit, on 48 Hrs. (1982). That film, along with Commando (1985), Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990), established his reputation as a writer who could juggle both action and humor. That combination remains evident in all of his subsequent work, which expanded to include science-fiction (V (1984), The Running Man (1987), Judge Dredd (1995)), horror (Tales from the Crypt (1989), Possessed (2000)) and fantasy (The Flintstones (1994), Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1993), Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)). He has been nominated two times each for the Edgar Allen Poe award for best mystery screenplay and the Saturn award for best Science Fiction/Fantasy Film. In 2000 he was honored with the Norman Lear Award for Lifetime Achievement in writing.

In 2009 his web series Unknown Sender (2008) became an unprecedented triple honoree in the 13th annual Webby Awards--for best series and best writing and for Timothy Dalton's performance in If You're Seeing This Tape... (2008).
BornNovember 17, 1947
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Bruce Willis and Hart Bochner in Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard
8.2
  • Writer
  • 1988
Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte in 48 Hrs. (1982)
48 Hrs.
6.9
  • Writer
  • 1982
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Commando (1985)
Commando
6.7
  • Writer
  • 1985
Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
5.5
  • Writer
  • 2003

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Writer

  • Spyburbia
  • Unknown Sender (2008)
    Unknown Sender
    • ...
  • Gotta Catch Santa Claus (2008)
    Gotta Catch Santa Claus
    • (as Steven de Souza)
  • Vivica A. Fox, Vinnie Jones, Breckin Meyer, and Eddie Griffin in Blast (2004)
    Blast
  • Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
    Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
  • Adventure Inc. (2002)
    Adventure Inc.
  • Possessed (2000)
    Possessed
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme in Knock Off (1998)
    Knock Off
  • Sylvester Stallone in Judge Dredd (1995)
    Judge Dredd
  • Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Kylie Minogue, Ming-Na Wen, Grand L. Bush, Andrew Bryniarski, Byron Mann, Wes Studi, Jay Tavare, and Peter Navy Tuiasosopo in Street Fighter (1994)
    Street Fighter
  • Eddie Murphy in Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
    Beverly Hills Cop III
  • Mel Blanc, John Goodman, Rick Moranis, Elizabeth Perkins, Rosie O'Donnell, Elizabeth Daily, Harvey Korman, Hlynur Sigurðsson, Marinó Sigurðsson, Elaine Silver, and Melanie Silver in The Flintstones (1994)
    The Flintstones
  • Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1993)
    Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
  • Ricochet (1991)
    Ricochet
  • Tales from the Crypt (1989)
    Tales from the Crypt

Producer

  • The New Kind (2012)
    The New Kind
  • Unknown Sender (2008)
    Unknown Sender
  • Spyburbia
    • (2011)
  • Gotta Catch Santa Claus (2008)
    Gotta Catch Santa Claus
  • Adventure Inc. (2002)
    Adventure Inc.
  • Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm (1994)
    Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm
  • Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (1993)
    Cadillacs and Dinosaurs
  • Catherine Oxenberg and Chris Mulkey in K-9000 (1990)
    K-9000
  • Richard Jaeckel, John David Bland, Ken Olandt, and Cec Verrell in Supercarrier (1988)
    Supercarrier
  • Sam J. Jones in The Spirit (1987)
    The Spirit
  • V (1984)
    V
  • David Hasselhoff in Knight Rider (1982)
    Knight Rider
  • The Powers of Matthew Star (1982)
    The Powers of Matthew Star

Additional Crew

  • Adventure Inc. (2002)
    Adventure Inc.
  • Survival Game (1987)
    Survival Game
  • Barry Bostwick and Deborah Raffin in Foul Play (1981)
    Foul Play
  • Shaun Cassidy, Pamela Sue Martin, and Parker Stevenson in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
    The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  • Squire Fridell and Tony Roberts in Rosetti and Ryan (1977)
    Rosetti and Ryan
  • Gemini Man (1976)
    Gemini Man
  • Riding with Death (1976)
    Riding with Death
  • Lee Majors in The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)
    The Six Million Dollar Man
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Tales From The Script
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Tales From The Script
Gotta Catch Santa Claus
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Gotta Catch Santa Claus
The Flintstones (1994)
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The Flintstones (1994)
Tales from the Script
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Tales from the Script

Personal details

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    • November 17, 1947
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Jeri Barchilon1991 - present
  • Other works
    Wrote unused drafts for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).
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    Is of Portuguese and Jamaican ancestry.

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