Stephen Metcalfe is an American

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

and

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

. Metcalfe's career has touched on all forms of dramatic writing; screen, television and stage. Metcalfe's first produced screenplay was ''

Jacknife ''Jacknife'' is a 1989 American film directed by David Jones and starring Robert De Niro, Ed Harris and Kathy Baker. The film focuses on a small, serious story, with emphasis on characterization and the complex tension between people in a close ...

''. Based on his Off-Broadway play, ''Strange Snow'', it starred

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and

Kathy Baker } Katherine Whitton Baker (born June 8, 1950) is an American actress. Baker began her career in theater and made her screen debut in the 1983 drama film '' The Right Stuff''. She received the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Suppor ...

and was directed by David Jones. The adaptation of French director

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's ''

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'' soon followed. Produced by

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, ''

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'' was directed by

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. He also wrote the production drafts for Pretty Woman, Arachnophobia and Mr. Holland's Opus. Metcalfe has adapted both stage plays and novels to film. His play ''Emily'' was done for

Scott Rudin Scott Rudin (born July 14, 1958) is an American film, television, and theatre producer. His films include the Academy Award-winning Best Picture ''No Country for Old Men,'' as well as ''Uncut Gems'', '' Lady Bird, Fences, The Girl with the Dragon ...

and

; ''Time Flies'', by

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, was adapted for producer

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; A.R. Gurney’s ''The Old Boy'' was written for

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; and Peter Mayle's comic novel ''Anything Considered'' was done for producer

Stanley R. Jaffe Stanley Richard Jaffe (born July 31, 1940) is an American film producer, responsible for movies such as ''Fatal Attraction'', ''The Accused (1988 film), The Accused'', and ''Kramer vs. Kramer''. Background Jaffe was born to a American Jews, Jew ...

and

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. In 2002 Metcalfe wrote and directed the independent film ''

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''. Metcalfe's stage plays include ''Loves & Hours'', ''Vikings'', ''Strange Snow'', ''Sorrows and Sons'', ''Pilgrims'', ''Half a Lifetime'', ''Emily'', ''White Linen'', ''Divirtimenti'', ''The Incredibly Famous Willy Rivers'', and ''White man Dancing''. His play ''The Tragedy of the Commons'' premiered in January 2011 at

Cygnet Theatre Company Cygnet Theatre Company in San Diego, CA was founded in 2003 by Bill Schmidt and Sean Murray. The theatre's name is a reference to the Swan Theatre, a prominent competitor to Shakespeare's Globe. One of San Diego's major theatre companies is the ...

in San Diego. His young adult novel, ''The Tragic Age'', will be published in 2015. His plays have been produced Off-Broadway, in regional theatres and internationally.

Personal

Metcalfe grew up in

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(31 March 1989)
Hometown Crowd Dons Its Finest for "Jacknife" Premiere
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References

External links

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Official Website
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