STEVE MINER
Date of Birth: June 18, 1951
Born in Westport, Connecticut, Miner's interest in film started with the films his mother, a film
librarian, brought home for the family to watch. He began his career as a production assistant on
an industrial film. The experience gave him an understanding over all aspects of
post-production and production, which in turn, led him to make films on his own.
He began to direct in 1981, following up the classic Friday the 13th with two popular
sequels and the horror film House (1986), which also spawned two sequels. Following the three
horrors, Miner turned to a new genre, taking on the comedy Soul Man (1986). The work inspired him
to try out the small screen, and the series The Wonder Years was created. Directing every
episode of the first season, the work garnered him three Emmy nominations and a DGA Award for Best
Comedy Direction.
He returned to feature work in 1989 and completed two mediocre films before finding success with
the blockbuster film Forever Young (1992), starring Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis.
For the next few years Miner would jump back and forth between television and film, with
hit-and-miss shows. His more successful shows include Chicago Hope, The Practice,
Dawson's Creek and Felicity.
His feature work was not as successful, with flops like Sherwood's Travels (1994) and Big Bully (1996). But his next two films, Halloween H20 and Lake Placid (1999), broke the lousy
trend, both excelling at the box office.
FILMOGRAPHY:
Texas Rangers (2001)
Lake Placid (1999)
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
Big Bully (1996)
My Father the Hero (1994)
Sherwood's Travels (1994)
Forever Young (1992)
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991)
Warlock (1989)
Soul Man (1986)
House (1986)
Friday the 13th Part 3: 3D (1982)
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)