| Who is it? | Writer, Director, Producer |
| Birth Day | March 18, 1960 |
| Birth Place | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Age | 63 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Occupation | Screenwriter, film director, film producer |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Known for | Harry Potter The Amazing Spider-Man The Fabulous Baker Boys |
Steve Kloves, a renowned writer, director, and producer in the United States, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100K to $1M in 2024. Recognized for his remarkable contributions to the film industry, Kloves is renowned for his involvement in various successful projects. He is notably known for his significant role in adapting J.K. Rowling's beloved Harry Potter book series into a successful film franchise. With his creative storytelling and exceptional talent, Kloves has undoubtedly made a significant impact on the film industry and continues to leave a lasting legacy.
Kloves, born in Austin, Texas, grew up in Sunnyvale, California, where he graduated from Fremont High School. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles but dropped out when he was not admitted into the film school in his third year. As an unpaid intern for a Hollywood agent, he gained attention for a screenplay he wrote called Swings. This led to a meeting where he successfully pitched Racing 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 wrote The Fabulous Baker Boys and 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 Boys did reasonably well and was critically acclaimed, but his next shot as writer/director for Flesh and Bone in 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 adapting Michael Chabon's novel Wonder Boys into 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 a Golden Globe and an Academy Award after the film's release in 2000.
In 2011, Kloves was attached to work on a film adaptation of Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. He has also written a draft of the yet-unproduced fantasy film Akira.
Warner Bros. sent Kloves a list of novels that the company was considering to adapt as films. The listing included the first Harry Potter novel, 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. However, he turned down writing the fifth film, stating that "The fourth film, Goblet of Fire, was really hard to do. I wrote on it for two years. But it’s not that simple and I don't know that I'll ever fully understand why I didn't do it." After Michael Goldenberg wrote the screenplay for the fifth film, Kloves then returned to write the sixth, seventh and eighth installments.
