Steven Sills

Steven Sills is an American screenwriter and film producer.

Born on Fort Bliss, an army base in El Paso, Texas, Sills grew up in Bedford, New Hampshire. He was a childhood friend of actress/comedienne Sarah Silverman. He was elected student body president of Manchester High School West when Saturday Night Live alumnist Seth Meyers was a freshman and megastar comedian Adam Sandler was graduating from their rival school, Manchester Central High School. Sills was suspended by former Manchester, NH mayor Robert A. Baines, then principal of his high school, when he used the word "" in a speech during an assembly. A student protest was sparked to "free Steve Sills" and the Manchester Union Leader wrote a scathing editorial about the use of "profanity" in school after the incident.

Sills went on to attend film school at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. In 1991, he was chosen as a Lew Wasserman Fellow and interned at Universal Studios under Valerie McCaffrey (director, Wish You Were Dead).

In 1995, Sills was selected as a Henry Luce Scholar and spent a year in Tokyo, Japan working as a visiting writer/producer at NHK. He remained in Japan for 4 years and worked as a copy editor at The Japan Times, a freelance magazine writer and an expat stand up comic.

Sills resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife, [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2348721 Melissa] .

His feature screenwriting debut, Sinner, was awarded Best Narrative Feature by the 41st Brooklyn Arts Council International Film and Video Festival and Best Feature Film Award at the 2007 Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. It was also accepted as an official selection in the 2007 Vail Film Festival, 2007 Newport Beach Film Festival, and 2007 Garden State Film Festival, and the 2007 Boston International Film Festival.

Awards

* Outstanding Achievement: Screenwriting, 2007 Newport Beach Film Festival
* Best Screenplay, 41st Brooklyn Arts Council International Film & Video Festival

Filmography

As writer:
* "Sinner" (2007)

As producer:
* "Sinner" (2007)
* " A&E Biography of the Year (2004)
* " Pink (2006) for adicolor, with director Charlie White
* "Asia Live", NHK (1996-97)

External links

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* [http://www.stevesills.com/ Official Site]
* [http://www.sinnerthemovie.com/ Official "Sinner" site]
* [http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=9889/ Film Threat review of Sinner]
* [http://www.reeltalkreviews.com/browse/viewitem.asp?type=review&id=2121 ReelTalk review of Sinner]
* [http://www.buffalorising.com/story/an_interview_with_bnff_winners Interview with Sills on BuffaloRising.com]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71uRVtrS_k8 TV interview on Gregory Mantell Show]