Steven Lisberger

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Steven Lisberger

Lisberger at the San Diego ComicCon, July 22, 2010
Born April 24, 1951 (1951-04-24) (age 60)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Film director, Producer, Screenwriter
Years active 1980–present
Spouse Peggy Flook Lisberger

Steven M. Lisberger (born April 24, 1951) is an American film director, producer and writer famous for directing Tron in 1982.

Lisberger was born in 1951 in New York City and grew up in Hazelton, Pennsylvania. He is a 1974 graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts. Lisberger also attended The Hill School in Pottstown.

While attending the museum school, he and five associates formed Lisberger Studios. Their first project of note was Cosmic Cartoon which earned a Student Academy Award nomination in 1973. It was also featured in the Fantastic Animation Festival in 1977. Lisberger directed the production, from 1974-77, of commercials, title sequences and feature segments for such shows as the ABC-TV children's series Make a Wish.

In 1978, after moving to Venice, California, Lisberger and his business partner Donald Kushner conceived and produced a 90-minute animated film, Animalympics, for NBC-TV's aborted coverage of the 1980 Olympics. They have since turned their creative efforts to the development of Tron.

His film Hot Pursuit is one of Ben Stiller's first speaking roles.

Steven and his wife, Peggy, live in Santa Monica, California and have a son named Carl.

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Credited as
Director Writer Producer Note
1980 Animalympics NoN NoN NoN
1982 Tron NoN NoN cameo
1987 Hot Pursuit NoN NoN
1989 Slipstream NoN
2010 Tron: Legacy NoN cameo

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