Steve Kloves

Steve Kloves, born inAustin, Texas, grew up inSunnyvale, California,where he graduated fromFremont High School. He attended theUniversity of California, Los Angelesbut dropped out when he was not admitted into the film school in his third year.As an unpaidinternfor a Hollywood agent, he gained attention for a screenplay he wrote calledSwings. This led to a meeting where he successfully pitchedRacing with the Moon(1984). His first experience with professional screenwriting left him wanting more interaction with the actors so that the characters would stay true to his vision.Kloves wroteThe Fabulous Baker Boysand also intended it to be his directorial debut. After years of trying to sell the project in Hollywood, the film finally got off the ground and was released in 1989.The Fabulous Baker Boysdid reasonably well, but his next shot as writer/director forFlesh and Bonein 1993 fared poorly at the box office. Kloves then stopped writing for three years. Realizing that he had to return to writing to support his family, he began adaptingMichael Chabon's novelWonder Boysinto a screenplay.Kloves was offered the chance to direct but he declined, preferring to direct only his own original work.This was his first try at adapting another work to film.His screenplay was nominated for aGolden Globeand anAcademy Awardafter the film's release in 2000. Warner Bros.sent Kloves a list of novels that the company was considering to adapt as films. The listing included thefirstHarry Potternovel, which intrigued him despite his usual indifference to these catalogs.He went on to write the screenplays for the first four films in the series. AfterMichael Goldenbergwrote the screenplay for the fifth film, Kloves then returned to write the sixth, seventh and eighth installments. As of 2011, Kloves is working on a film adaptation ofMark Haddon's novelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, which he will write and direct.He has also a draft writtenof the yet unproduced fantasy film Akira.