- Peter Steinfeld
Infobox Writer
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name = Peter Steinfeld
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birthplace = Jersey City,New Jersey
occupation =Screenwriter ,television producer
nationality = American
notableworks = "Drowning Mona " (2000) "Be Cool " (2005) "21" (2008)
spouse = DeShawn Schneider
children = Chloe, AllyPeter L. Steinfeld is an American
screenwriter andtelevision producer . He is best known for writingmystery film "Drowning Mona " (released 2000),comedy film "Be Cool " (2005) anddrama film "21" (2008).Biography
Early life
Steinfeld was born and raised in Jersey City,
New Jersey . After attending undergraduate school for eight years, he set up an unsuccessfulgreeting card company, later working as a forklift operator at a cosmetics company to pay off his US$40,000 of debt when his own company shut down.cite web| url = http://www.wga.org/subpage.aspx?id=552| title = The Rhythm of the Dialogue| accessdate = 2008-09-27| author = Callaghan, Dylan| date = 2005| publisher =Writers Guild of America, west ] He completed hisbachelor's degree in English literature atNew York University (NYU), where he also undertook a screenwriting workshop. Students were expected to have written an entirefeature film screenplay over the six-week course, but Steinfeld had only written eleven pages by the workshop's conclusion.Career
After taking the NYU workshop, Steinfeld decided to pursue screenwriting with the eleven-page screenplay he had completed: "Even though I only had those 11 pages, my feeling was, 'I'm not sure if I'm any good at it, but I love this.'" He later finished the screenplay and sold it to
Neverland Films as the 2000 film "Drowning Mona ", starringBette Midler andDanny DeVito . [cite web| url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117490632.html?categoryid=13&cs=1| title = Gomez dives into indie 'Drowning'| accessdate = 2008-09-27| author = Cox, Dan| date = January 26, 1999| publisher = "Variety"] He was next signed byWarner Bros. to write the sequel tomafia comedy "Analyze This ", which became the 2002 film "Analyze That ". [cite web| url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117853304.html?categoryid=1354&cs=1| title = In the pipeline: Tribeca| accessdate = 2008-09-27| author = Bing, Jonathan| date = September 27, 2001| publisher = "Variety"] He next adaptedElmore Leonard 's novel "Be Cool" into a film of the same name, released in 2005. [cite web| url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117887041.html?categoryid=10&cs=1| title = MGM heats 'Cool' Chili| accessdate = 2008-09-27| author = Fleming, Michael| date = May 28, 2003| publisher = "Variety"] As a fan of Leonard and "Be Cool"' s preceding novel, "Get Shorty ", Steinfeld thought it "the greatest thing in the world" when Leonard was impressed by the screenplay. Steinfeld had been signed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 2003 to adaptBen Mezrich 'strue crime book "Bringing Down the House", about the feats of thecard counting MIT Blackjack Team , into the film "21", which was released in 2008. [cite web| url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117884023.html?categoryid=1237&cs=1| title = Steinfeld to clean 'House' for Trigger Street| accessdate = 2008-09-27| author = Graser, Marc| date = April 2, 2003| publisher = "Variety"] Before filming began in 2005, screenwriterAllan Loeb was brought in to rewrite Steinfeld's script as a former gambling addict. [cite web| url = http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-scriptland27sep27,1,5285823.story| title = Former gambler now in the chips| accessdate = 2008-09-27| author = Fernandez, Jay A.| date =September 27 ,2006 | publisher = "Los Angeles Times "]Steinfeld has completed an as-yet-unmade script, "Ebony and Ivory", for
Imagine Entertainment . Currently, he and his wife, screenwriter DeShawn Schneider, are working onhigh concept film "The Big Shot" forPlan B Entertainment and a remake ofPaul Newman 's 1977 film "Slap Shot" forUniversal Pictures .cite press release| url = http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/21/production-notes.html| title = 21: Production Notes| date = 2008| publisher =Sony Pictures Entertainment | accessdate = 2008-09-27] He has also written and executive produced a number oftelevision pilot s, including "Pulse" and "Inspector General", [cite web| url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117776042.html?categoryid=14&cs=1| title = The WB hops with 3 more pilots, 2 of them inhouse| accessdate = 2008-09-27| author = Adalian, Josef; Schneider, Michael| date = February 2, 2000| publisher = "Variety"] which have not been picked up.Personal life
Steinfeld is married to fellow screenwriter
DeShawn Schneider , with whom he has two daughters: Chloe, born 2004, and Ally, born 2006.References
External links
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