Stephen Belber | |
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Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | March 22, 1967
Education | Trinity College, Connecticut (BA) Juilliard School (GrDip) |
Occupation(s) | Playwright, screenwriter, film director |
Spouse | Lucie Tiberghien (married 1997-present) |
Stephen Belber (born March 3, 1967) is an American playwright, screenwriter and film director. His plays have been produced on Broadway and in over 50 countries. He directed the film adaptation of his Broadway play Match, starring Patrick Stewart (playing the Tony nominated role created by Frank Langella). He created the Netflix series The Madness,[1] starring Colman Domingo, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and John Ortiz and wrote and directed What We Do Next, starring Michelle Veintimilla, Karen Pittman, and Corey Stoll. He also wrote and directed the film Management, starring Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn and Woody Harrelson, and wrote the HBO film O.G., starring Jeffrey Wright, Theothus Carter, and William Fichtner. Belber was an actor and associate writer on The Laramie Project (which later became an HBO film, for which he received an Emmy nomination), as well as a co-writer of The Laramie Project, Ten Years Later.