Steve Miner(I)
- Director
- Producer
- Actor
Steve Miner has had a very popular career in making films and remains
one of Hollywood's most prolific directors and has worked with a
variety of stars that includes
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Leslie Nielsen,
C. Thomas Howell,
Tom Arnold,
Amy Steel
Rick Moranis, and
Bill Pullman.
Before becoming a director, Miner worked as an editor for
Wes Craven and
Sean S. Cunningham on several
occasions, helping bring the notorious rape/murder film
The Last House on the Left (1972)
to the screen. He worked for Cunningham again in 1980 on
Friday the 13th (1980) as an
associate producer. The following year he was hired to direct its
sequels
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
and
Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982).
Miner also directed the comedy,
Soul Man (1986) and moved onto a serious
drama Forever Young (1992) in 1992.
Returning to comedy with Rick Moranis and
Tom Arnold, he made
Big Bully (1996) and returned back to
horror with the very successful
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
and the under water/comedy thriller
Lake Placid (1999). His recent film
Texas Rangers (2001) with young
upcoming Hollywood stars isn't bad either. Nearly all films have been
successful and/or a box office hit.
one of Hollywood's most prolific directors and has worked with a
variety of stars that includes
Jamie Lee Curtis,
Leslie Nielsen,
C. Thomas Howell,
Tom Arnold,
Amy Steel
Rick Moranis, and
Bill Pullman.
Before becoming a director, Miner worked as an editor for
Wes Craven and
Sean S. Cunningham on several
occasions, helping bring the notorious rape/murder film
The Last House on the Left (1972)
to the screen. He worked for Cunningham again in 1980 on
Friday the 13th (1980) as an
associate producer. The following year he was hired to direct its
sequels
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
and
Friday the 13th: Part 3 (1982).
Miner also directed the comedy,
Soul Man (1986) and moved onto a serious
drama Forever Young (1992) in 1992.
Returning to comedy with Rick Moranis and
Tom Arnold, he made
Big Bully (1996) and returned back to
horror with the very successful
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
and the under water/comedy thriller
Lake Placid (1999). His recent film
Texas Rangers (2001) with young
upcoming Hollywood stars isn't bad either. Nearly all films have been
successful and/or a box office hit.