Steve Miner

Biography

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).

Directed

1. Smallville (2001) — Director
2. Once Upon a Time (2011) — Director
3. Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) — Director
4. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) — Director
5. Friday the 13th Part III (1982) — Director
6. Lake Placid (1999) — Director
7. The Wonder Years (1988) — Director
8. Psych (2006) — Director
9. Forever Young (1992) — Director
10. Eureka (2006) — Director
11. House (1985) — Director
12. Dawson's Creek (1998) — Director
13. Warlock (1989) — Director
14. Day of the Dead (2008) — Director
15. Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008) — Director
16. Stitchers (2015) — Director
17. My Father the Hero (1994) — Director
18. Switched at Birth (2011) — Director
19. Soul Man (1986) — Director
20. Texas Rangers (2001) — Director
21. Diagnosis: Murder (1993) — Director
22. The Practice (1997) — Director
23. Dead of Summer (2016) — Director
24. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991) — Director
25. Felicity (1998) — Director
26. The Gates (2010) — Director
27. Big Bully (1996) — Director
28. Chicago Hope (1994) — Director
29. Make It or Break It (2009) — Director
30. Wildfire (2005) — Director
31. Chasing Life (2014) — Director
32. Jake 2.0 (2003) — Director
33. Summerland (2004) — Director
34. Miss Match (2003) — Director
35. Karen Sisco (2003) — Director
36. Relativity (1996) — Director
37. CBS Summer Playhouse (1987) — Director
38. Wasteland (1999) — Director
39. The Exorcism at Lincoln High — Director

Also appeared in

1. Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) — School Financial Advisor (uncredited)
2. Friday the 13th Part III (1982) — Newscaster
3. Lake Placid (1999) — Airplane Pilot
4. The Last House on the Left (1972) — Hippie Taunting Deputy (uncredited)
5. Breaking Away (1979) — Student (uncredited)
6. Death by Lightning (2025) — Indiana Man
7. Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors (1986) — Self
8. Ding Dong, You're Dead! The Making of "House" (2017)
9. Unmasking the Horror (1998)
10. The Devil's Work (2017)