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Stephen Geller
Birth Name:Stephen D. Geller
Birth Date:31 August 1940
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality:American
Education:Birmingham High School
Alma Mater:Dartmouth College
Yale University
Occupation:Screenwriter, novelist

Stephen D. Geller (born August 31, 1940 in Los Angeles, California[1]) is an American screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five,[2] [3] and has worked in the film industry in Hollywood and Europe. Geller directed his own independent feature titled Mother's Little Helpers.

Career

Geller grew up in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. His father, a musician and arranger for CBS, was subpoenaed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the '50s, forcing the family to move to Paris, France.[4]

Educated at Dartmouth College and Yale University, Geller moved to Rome, Italy from 1969 to 1979 to work for the Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis, where he wrote the screenplay for The Valachi Papers and other films. Rome became his home for the next 16 years. He worked in the Italian, French, British and independent film industries. He also commuted to Los Angeles and wrote for every major studio during this period. In 1986, he returned to Hollywood, working there for a time, but leaving to found screenwriting programs at Arizona State University and at Boston University.

His screenwriting credits, in addition to Slaughterhouse-Five, include Ashanti, The Valachi Papers, and , and "Mother's Little Helpers."

In 1997, Geller directed, co-wrote and acted in the play Opportunities in Zero Gravity with Kae Geller, his writing partner and wife. This two-actor, seven-character play thematically wove monologues around popular cultural mythology, capitalism, and the pursuit of the American Dream.

Aside from screenwriting, he has published 11 novels and a book on screenwriting, written several plays, and directed both theater and film. He currently teaches Shakespeare, satire, and the personal essay at Savannah College of Art and Design. His most recent novel is 'Jews in Dark Matter. His most recent non-fiction book is 'Sabbath-on-Swathe,' an 'author-ized' autobiography.

Personal

Stephen Geller's blog Upwriteonthedownbeat combines personal reflections, critiques of film, music, and art, as well as excerpts from his fiction and poetry. Stephen Geller's wife, Kae Mankovich, was an elite level ice dancer, and is a writer, educator, and performer. Their daughter, Florrie, is a professional ballet dancer. He has two other daughters from a first marriage: Hillary, who is a graphic designer; and Polly, who is a poet, jazz singer, and professor of English and languages.

in 2016, during the

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controversy of the Academy Awards, Geller wrote an open letter to Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The letter called the controversy a "false flag issue" and denied that older members of the Academy were responsible for it.[5]

Screenplays

Novels

Non-fiction:

Nonfiction

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guide to the Papers of Stephen Geller, 1940 - 1993 . Dartmouth College Library . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071118024235/http://ead.dartmouth.edu/html/ml105.html . November 18, 2007 .
  2. Web site: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE (1972) Final Draft screenplay by Stephen Geller, Dec 21, 1970. 2020-10-17. WalterFilm. en-US.
  3. Nirkind. Bob. 12 August 1972. Slaughterhouse Five: a movie review. Fifth Estate. 7. 10. 12, 19. 10.2307/community.28036490. JSTOR.
  4. Web site: Sickler. Linda. Aug 1, 2013. Author Stephen Geller to sign books written in Savannah. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201017152424/https://www.savannahnow.com/article/20130801/ENTERTAINMENT/308019757. 2020-10-17. 2020-10-17. Savannah Morning News. en.
  5. Web site: Geller. Stephen. January 25, 2016. Oscar Voter on Diversity Change: "Academy Insults All Its Members by Denying Their Elected Status" Hollywood Reporter. 2020-10-17. The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. Web site: 2012-09-10. THE VALACHI PAPERS - A Look back at 1972. 2020-10-17. We Are Movie Geeks. en-US.
  7. Gavvy. Birdsong. Neal. Hunter. Bill. Judy. Prim. Phil. NACLA. Guinn. Henry. Hicks. Maren. Nam. Sat. 30 November 1972. The Valachi Papers. The Rag. Austin, Texas. 7. 7. 15. 10.2307/community.28043254. JSTOR.

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