Cast & creator
Steve Miner
Best known for Smallville, Once Upon a Time, Diagnosis: Murder
Stephen C. "Steve" Miner is an American film and television director. Miner was born in Westport, Connecticut. Television programs Miner have 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 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 III. 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 direct Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, and Lake Placid. Miner directed the 2008 film Day of the Dead, a remake of the George A. Romero film of the same name. The remake stars Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon and 2001 Maniacs' Christa Campbell, and was penned by Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination).
Also known as: Stephen Miner, Стив Минер
38
film credits
27
television credits
9
1972–2025 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (65)
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Smallville
Director
2001
Once Upon a Time
Director
2011
Diagnosis: Murder
Director
1993
The Practice
Director
1997
Psych
Director
2006
Chicago Hope
Director
1994
Dawson's Creek
Director
1998
The Wonder Years
Producer
1988The Wonder Years
Director
1988
Felicity
Director
1998
Eureka
Director
2006
Switched at Birth
Director
2011
Wildfire
Director
2005
Summerland
Director
2004
Stitchers
Director
2015
Make It or Break It
Director
2009
Chasing Life
Director
2014
Friday the 13th
Unit Production Manager
1980Friday the 13th
Associate Producer
1980
Miss Match
Director
2003
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
School Financial Advisor (uncredited)
1998Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Director
1998
Friday the 13th Part III
Newscaster
1982Friday the 13th Part III
Director
1982Friday the 13th Part III
Animation Director
1982
Jake 2.0
Director
2003
Lake Placid
Airplane Pilot
1999Lake Placid
Director
1999
Friday the 13th Part 2
Director
1981Friday the 13th Part 2
Producer
1981
Death by Lightning
Indiana Man
2025
The Gates
Director
2010The Gates
Producer
2010
Relativity
Director
1996
CBS Summer Playhouse
Director
1987
Forever Young
Director
1992
Dead of Summer
Director
2016
Karen Sisco
Director
2003
Warlock
Director
1989Warlock
Producer
1989
The Last House on the Left
Hippie Taunting Deputy (uncredited)
1972The Last House on the Left
Assistant Editor
1972The Last House on the Left
Production Assistant
1972
House
Director
1985
Day of the Dead
Director
2008
Wasteland
Director
1999
My Father the Hero
Director
1994
Breaking Away
Student (uncredited)
1979
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
Director
2008
Big Bully
Director
1996
Soul Man
Director
1986
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken
Director
1991
Texas Rangers
Director
2001
Here Come the Tigers
Producer
1978Here Come the Tigers
Editor
1978Here Come the Tigers
Second Unit Director
1978
Video Vixens!
Assistant Editor
1975
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
Self
1986
The Case of the Smiling Stiffs
Editor
1973
Ding Dong, You're Dead! The Making of "House"
2017The Devil's Work
2017
Manny's Orphans
Producer
1978Manny's Orphans
Editor
1978Manny's Orphans
Story
1978The Exorcism at Lincoln High
Director