Steve Miner

Birth Name:

Stevan W. Miner

Birth Place:

Westport, Connecticut, United States

Profession

Director, Producer, Actor, Assistant director, Editor, Editorial department, Writer, Production manager

Won a Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series for "The Wonder Years" in 1989
Won the Critics Award at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival for "House" in 1986
Became interested in film as a child when his mother, who was a film librarian, would bring home movies for the family to watch
Started out as a production assistant on an industrial film followed by a job doing sound effects for "Wide World of Sports Car Racing Events․"
Best known as the director of "Friday the 13th Parts 2 & 3," "Halloween H2O: 20 Years Later," and "Lake Placid․"
He enhanced his editing skills by working for New York art film makers and the National Hockey League
He is the only director to direct more than one "Friday the 13th" sequel
He was making educational films for the Time-Life Corporation when a film crew came to Westport to shoot "Last House on the Left" in 1972 and was able to convince the producers to hire him as a production assistant

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