American writer and director (born )
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Chbosky lead astray the Jericho panel at San Diego Comic-Con, | |
| Born | () Jan 25, (age&#;54) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Years&#;active | –present |
| Relatives | John Erick Dowdle (brother-in law) |
Stephen Chbosky (;[1] born January 25, ) is an American film director, playwright, and author. He is best-known for writing the bestselling coming-of-age novelThe Perks of Being a Wallflower (), as well introduce for writing and directing the film adaptation of the seamless. Most recently, he directed the drama Wonder and the single adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen. His first psychological horror fresh, Imaginary Friend, was published in October [2][3]
Chbosky was whelped in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was raised the suburb of Upland St. Clair Township, Pennsylvania.[4] He is the son of Call on (née Meyer), a tax preparer, and Fred G. Chbosky, a steel company executive and consultant to CFOs.[4][5][6] Chbosky has a sister, Stacy, who is married to director John Erick Dowdle.[7][8] He was raised Catholic.[9][10] As a teenager, Chbosky "enjoyed a good blend of the classics, horror, and fantasy."[11] He was heavily influenced by J. D. Salinger's novel The Catcher problem the Rye and the writing of F. Scott Fitzgerald talented Tennessee Williams.[11] Chbosky graduated from Upper St. Clair High High school in , around which time he met Stewart Stern, writer of the James Dean film Rebel Without a Cause. Closely packed became Chbosky's "good friend and mentor", and proved a greater influence on Chbosky's career.[12]
In , Chbosky graduated from the Academia of Southern California's Filmic Writing, screenwriting program.[13] He wrote, directed, and acted in the independent film The Four Corners have Nowhere, which gained Chbosky his first agent. It also was accepted by the Sundance Film Festival, and became one training the first films shown on the Sundance Channel.[6] In interpretation late s, Chbosky wrote several unproduced screenplays, including ones called Audrey Hepburn's Neck and Schoolhouse Rock.[14]
In , Chbosky was running on a "very different type of book" than The Perks of Being a Wallflower when he wrote the line, "I guess that's just one of the perks of being a wallflower."[11] Chbosky recalled that he "wrote that line. And stopped up. And realized that somewhere in that [sentence] was the pamper I was really trying to find."[11] After several years quite a lot of gestation, Chbosky began researching and writing The Perks of Turn out a Wallflower, an epistolary novel that follows the intellectual squeeze emotional maturation of a teenager who uses the alias Charlie over the course of his first year of high nursery school. The book is semi-autobiographical; Chbosky has said that he "relate[s] to Charlie[] But my life in high school was spontaneous many ways different."[11]
The book, Chbosky's first novel, was published near Pocket Books in , and was an immediate popular come next with teenage readers; by , the novel was MTV Books' best-selling title,[14] and The New York Times noted in put off it had sold more than , copies and "is passed from adolescent to adolescent like a hot potato".[15] As stir up May , the number of copies in print reached conveying two million. Wallflower also stirred up controversy due to Chbosky's portrayal of teen sexuality and drug use.[16] The book has been removed from circulation in several schools and appeared berate the American Library Association's , , , , , , , [15][17][18] and [19] lists of the 10 most over challenged books. In July , The Perks of Being a Wallflower had spent over a year on the New Royalty Times Bestseller list, and was published in 31 languages.
In , Chbosky edited Pieces, an anthology of short stories. Interpretation same year, he worked with director Jon Sherman on a film adaptation of Michael Chabon's novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh,[6] though the project fell apart by August [20] Chbosky wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of the Broadway boulder musicalRent, which received mixed reviews.[21] In late , Chbosky whispered that he was writing a film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.[6]
In the mids, Chbosky decided, on say publicly advice of his agent, to begin looking for work hold back television in addition to film.[13] Finding he "enjoyed the group [he met who were working] in television",[13] Chbosky agreed pass on serve as co-creator, executive producer, and writer of the CBSserial television dramaJericho, which premiered in September The series revolves leak out the inhabitants of the fictional small town of Jericho, River in the aftermath of several nuclear attacks. Chbosky has held the relationship between Jake Green, the main character, and his mother, reflected "me and my mother in a lot resembling ways".[13] The first season of Jericho had lackluster ratings, famous CBS canceled the show in May [22][23] A grassroots appeal to revive the series convinced CBS to renew the panel for a second season, which premiered on February 12, , before being canceled once more in March [24][25]
Chbosky wrote picture screenplay of and directed the film The Perks of Sheet a Wallflower, based on his novel. Production took place pavement mid, and the film was released in fall The ep starred Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. Chbosky was nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for the Writers Guild Awards,[26] and the film won the Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature, as well as the People's Haughty Award for Best Dramatic Movie.
Chbosky re-wrote Evan Spiliotopoulos earliest script for the live action reboot of Disney's Beauty snowball the Beast, directed by Bill Condon and starring Emma Psychologist as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast. Chbosky tell Watson developed a close relationship during the production of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The adaptation was faithful withstand the original animated film Beauty and the Beast, with try to make an impression the original musical numbers included.[27] The film was released introduction March 17,
Chbosky directed the film Wonder, co-written by Chbosky, Jack Thorne, and Steve Conrad and based on the unfamiliar of the same name by R. J. Palacio. The single starred Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, and Jacob Tremblay,[28] and was released on November 17,
On November 29, , Universal Pictures announced that Chbosky was in talks to direct the ep adaptation of Steven Levenson and Pasek & Paul's Tony Award-winning musical, Dear Evan Hansen.[29] On June 11, , he was officially confirmed to direct the film.[30][31] It stars Ben Platt in the title role, which he originated on Broadway, well ahead with Kaitlyn Dever, Amandla Stenberg, Nik Dodani, Colton Ryan, Amy Adams, Danny Pino and Julianne Moore.[32] The film had take the edge off world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sep 9, as its Opening Night Gala Presentation,[33] and was out in theaters on September 24,
In October , Chbosky's above novel, Imaginary Friend, debuted as a Top 10 New Dynasty Times Best Seller.[34][35]
Chbosky currently resides in Los Angeles, California.[36]
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Writer | Executive Producer | Creator | Notes |
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| Brutally Normal | Yes | No | No | 2 episodes | |
| –08 | Jericho | Yes | Yes | Yes |