Steve Kloves

STEVE KLOVES wrote the screenplays for all but one of the installments in the blockbuster Harry Potter film franchise, based on the bestselling books by J.K. Rowling. Kloves shared in BAFTA Children's Award nominations for Best Feature for his work on "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." He went on to script "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1."

He previously earned an Academy Award® nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Curtis Hanson's acclaimed 2000 drama "Wonder Boys," starring Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire and Frances McDormand. He also won a Critics' Choice Award and earned BAFTA Award, Golden Globe and Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award nominations for his screenplay for the film.

Kloves began his film writing career in 1984 with the screenplay for "Racing with the Moon," a World War II-era coming-of-age story, directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern and Nicolas Cage.

In 1989, he made his directorial debut with "The Fabulous Baker Boys," starring Jeff Bridges, Beau Bridges and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film, which Kloves also wrote, garnered four Academy Award® nominations, including one for Michelle Pfeiffer, who also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA Award for her performance. Additionally, Kloves won a British Film Institute Award and received a WGA Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.

He also wrote and directed the psychological thriller "Flesh and Bone," starring Dennis Quaid, Meg Ryan and Gwyneth Paltrow.

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