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Stephen McEveety

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Stephen Mark "Steve" McEveety (born November 4, 1954)[1] is an American film producer, who has over 40 years experience in senior positions in the entertainment industry.

McEveety is one of six children, and attended Notre Dame High School and Loyola Marymount University. He and his wife Susie have four children.[2] As a child, Steve McEveety appeared in episodes of the TV series' Gunsmoke, My Three Sons, and Star Trek ("Miri", 1966). Later, he worked as an assistant director and production manager.

McEveety worked many years at Mel Gibson's Icon Productions where he executive produced What Women Want, Payback, Anna Karenina, Immortal Beloved, The Man Without a Face and Braveheart, the last of which gained ten Academy Award nominations and received five Oscars. McEveety produced The Passion of the Christ, Airborne, which he also wrote, as well as 187, Paparazzi, and We Were Soldiers.

After completing an exclusive producing deal with Icon, McEveety partnered with David Segel, John Shepherd and Todd Burns to launch Mpower Pictures. The company's first release was the Toronto Award Winning Bella. McEveety produced An American Carol, written & directed by David Zucker, and The Stoning of Soraya M., written & directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, that took 2nd Runner-up at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival.[3] Through Mpower Pictures McEveety also produced the movie Snowmen (October 2011), which won the Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award, Runner-up, the Dallas International Film Festival Audience Award, the TIFF Sprockets Golden Sprocket Award and the Heartland Crystal Heart Award. Most recently, McEveety produced Machine Gun Preacher with Mpower Pictures, in association with a number of other companies.

In 2015, McEveety went on to produce Man Down, directed by Dito Montiel, starring Shia Labeouf, Gary Oldman, and Kate Mara. It was released by Lionsgate in late 2016.

Filmography

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He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

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Year Film Credit
1991 Hot Shots! Associate producer
1993 The Man Without a Face Executive producer
Airborne
1994 Immortal Beloved Executive producer
1995 Braveheart Executive producer
1997 Anna Karenina Executive producer
One Eight Seven
1999 Payback Executive producer
2000 What Women Want Executive producer
2002 We Were Soldiers
2004 The Passion of the Christ
Paparazzi
2006 Bella Executive producer
2008 The Stoning of Soraya M.
An American Carol
2010 Snowmen
2015 Man Down
2019 The Devil Has a Name
Second unit director or assistant director
Year Film Role
1980 Herbie Goes Bananas Second assistant director
1981 The Devil and Max Devlin
Zorro, The Gay Blade
Force: Five
1983 Something Wicked This Way Comes First assistant director: Special effects
1985 Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend First assistant director
Real Genius
The Trip to Bountiful
1988 18 Again!
1989 Blood Red
Production manager
Year Film Role
1985 The Trip to Bountiful Unit production manager
1990 Flatliners
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael Production manager
1991 Hot Shots! Unit production manager
1992 Forever Young
Visual effects
Year Film Role
1979 The Black Hole Production assistant: Miniatures unit
1982 Tron Effects unit manager
As writer
Year Film
1993 Airborne
Thanks
Year Film Role
2015 Little Boy The producers wish to thank the following for their assistance

Television

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Second unit director or assistant director
Year Title Role Notes
1979 The Sacketts Second assistant director Television film
1985 An Early Frost First assistant director
1986 The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1988 Street of Dreams
As an actor
Year Title Role Notes
1964 The Lieutenant Victor
1966 Star Trek: The Original Series Redheaded Boy S1:E8, "Miri"
1965−66 Gunsmoke Boy
Young Moreland Boy
Uncredited
1967 Cimarron Strip 1st Boy
1964−68 My Three Sons Boy
Second Boy
Kenny
Uncredited
Production manager
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Thirtysomething Unit production manager
Right to Die Production manager Television film
1989 The Revenge of Al Capone

References

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  1. ^ Stephen McEveety at IMDb
  2. ^ Greg Heffernan (January 2001). "Steve McEveety: Catholic Producer in Hollywood". St Anthony Messenger.
  3. ^ Behind the Scenes of "The Stoning of Soraya M.", CBN.com.
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