Steve Miner

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Stephen C. Miner (born June 18, 1951) is an American film and television director.

Miner was born in Westport, Connecticut or Chicago, Illinois.^[1] Television programs Miner has directed include The Wonder Years, Jake 2.0, Felicity, Dawson's Creek (including the pilot and four of the other episodes of the first season), and Diagnosis Murder. However, Miner first made his big splash as an associate-producer on the 1980 smash hit, Friday the 13th . He would go on to successfully direct the following sequels, Friday the 13th Part 2 and its 3D sequel Friday the 13th Part 3. To this day, Steve Miner is the only director to direct more than one film in the Friday the 13th series. In 1986, he directed the horror comedy House which featured his real life son playing a kid who the main character played by William Katt must protect from monsters. In later years, Miner would be best known for directing the ultra-successful Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, and Lake Placid.

Miner recently wrapped production on Day of the Dead, a remake to the George Romero classic of the same name. First Look ("Ed Gein," "Half Light," "Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The Movie") has picked up the Day of the Dead remake and plans to open it on 500 screens.^{[citation needed]} The update of George A. Romero’s 1985 classic stars Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon and 2001 MANIACS’ Christa Campbell, and was penned by Jeffrey (Final Destination) Reddick.