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After college, he began his career as an [[NBC]] page. Among his duties as a page was working for ''Saturday Night Live''. As a [[Rockefeller Center]] tour guide, Koren would hand jokes to [[David Letterman]] and [[Dennis Miller]] as they passed in the hall, which landed him a writing gig on ''SNL''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www2.binghamton.edu/harpur/perspectives/ |title= 60 Perspectives - Harpur at 60 |publisher= [[Binghamton University]] |accessdate= September 21, 2012}}</ref> He also occasionally acted for the series.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://snl.jt.org/cast.php?i=StKo |title= SNL Archives: Cast: Steve Koren |publisher= [[Saturday Night Live]] |accessdate= September 20, 2012}}</ref> |
After college, he began his career as an [[NBC]] page. Among his duties as a page was working for ''Saturday Night Live''. As a [[Rockefeller Center]] tour guide, Koren would hand jokes to [[David Letterman]] and [[Dennis Miller]] as they passed in the hall, which landed him a writing gig on ''SNL''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www2.binghamton.edu/harpur/perspectives/ |title= 60 Perspectives - Harpur at 60 |publisher= [[Binghamton University]] |accessdate= September 21, 2012}}</ref> He also occasionally acted for the series.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://snl.jt.org/cast.php?i=StKo |title= SNL Archives: Cast: Steve Koren |publisher= [[Saturday Night Live]] |accessdate= September 20, 2012}}</ref> |
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Later, he became a writer for ''Seinfeld'', and wrote the episodes ''[[The Abstinence]]'', ''[[The English Patient (Seinfeld)|The English Patient]]'', [[The Serenity Now]], [[The Dealership]], and he was one of many contributors to the teleplay for ''[[The Puerto Rican Day]]''. In the episode ''[[The Van Buren Boys]]'', a character named Steve Koren is [[George Costanza]]'s choice for the first Susan Biddle Ross Scholarship to be granted by the the [[List of Seinfeld minor characters#Susan Ross|Susan Ross]] Foundation. |
Later, he became a writer for ''Seinfeld'', and wrote the episodes ''[[The Abstinence]]'', ''[[The English Patient (Seinfeld)|The English Patient]]'', [[The Serenity Now]], and [[The Dealership]], and he was one of many contributors to the teleplay for ''[[The Puerto Rican Day]]''. In the episode ''[[The Van Buren Boys]]'', a character named Steve Koren is [[George Costanza]]'s choice for the first Susan Biddle Ross Scholarship to be granted by the the [[List of Seinfeld minor characters#Susan Ross|Susan Ross]] Foundation. |
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Koren has [[Executive producer|executive-produced]] several films, including some he wrote as well as [[Adam Sandler]]'s ''[[Grown Ups]]'' (2010) and ''[[Just Go with It]]'' (2011). |
Koren has [[Executive producer|executive-produced]] several films, including some he wrote as well as [[Adam Sandler]]'s ''[[Grown Ups]]'' (2010) and ''[[Just Go with It]]'' (2011). |
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Steve Koren is an American screenwriter. He co-wrote the movies Bruce Almighty, Click, Superstar, and A Night at the Roxbury, and wrote notable scripts for Saturday Night Live (SNL) and Seinfeld.
Koren was born in Queens, New York,[1] and attended Benjamin N. Cardozo High School in Bayside, Queens.
Career
After college, he began his career as an NBC page. Among his duties as a page was working for Saturday Night Live. As a Rockefeller Center tour guide, Koren would hand jokes to David Letterman and Dennis Miller as they passed in the hall, which landed him a writing gig on SNL.[2] He also occasionally acted for the series.[3]
Later, he became a writer for Seinfeld, and wrote the episodes The Abstinence, The English Patient, The Serenity Now, and The Dealership, and he was one of many contributors to the teleplay for The Puerto Rican Day. In the episode The Van Buren Boys, a character named Steve Koren is George Costanza's choice for the first Susan Biddle Ross Scholarship to be granted by the the Susan Ross Foundation.
Koren has executive-produced several films, including some he wrote as well as Adam Sandler's Grown Ups (2010) and Just Go with It (2011).
Filmography
- Writing credits:
- Saturday Night Live (TV) (1991–1998)
- Seinfeld (TV) (1996–1998)
- A Night at the Roxbury (1998) (co-written with Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan)
- Superstar (1999) (written as Steven Wayne Koren)
- Everything But the Girl (TV movie) (2001)
- Bruce Almighty (2003) (co-written with Mark O'Keefe and Steve Oedekerk)
- Click (2006) (co-written with Mark O'Keefe)
- Fishy (short film) (2006)
- Jack and Jill (2011) (co-written with Adam Sandler)
- A Thousand Words (2012)
- Acting credits:
- The Millennium (May 1, 1997) - as the character Steve Koren
The Dealership (January 8, 1998) - as the Cab Driver
The Finale (May 14, 1998) - as a Juror
- Fishy (short film) (2006) - as Dad
Awards and nominations
- Emmy Award nominee (1992, 1993) for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Variety or Music Program; the nomination was shared with other writers for Saturday Night Live
- Emmy Award nominee (1998) for Outstanding Comedy Series; the nomination was shared with other writers for Seinfeld
References
- ^ "They Came From Queens". Queens Tribune. 2005. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "60 Perspectives - Harpur at 60". Binghamton University. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
- ^ "SNL Archives: Cast: Steve Koren". Saturday Night Live. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
External links
- Steve Koren at IMDb