Stephen Geller

Stephen D Geller born 1940 in Los Angeles California is an American screenwriter and novelist He wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Kurt Vonneguts novel SlaughterhouseFive and has worked in the film industry in Hollywood and Europe Geller recently directed his own independent feature titled Mothers Little Helpers 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 UnAmerican Activities in the 50s forcing the family to move to Paris France 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 SlaughterhouseFive include Ashanti The Valachi Papers and Warburg A Man of Influence and Mothers Little Helpers In 1997 Geller directed cowrote and acted in the play Opportunities in Zero Gravity with Kae Geller his writing partner and wife This twoactor sevencharacter 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 nonfiction book is SabbathonSwathe an authorized autobiography Source Article Stephen Geller from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30