Steven Schachter Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Steven Schachter is an American television, theatre, and film director and screenwriter.Much of Schachter's success stems from projects on which he has collaborated with William H. Macy. The two co-wrote the cable television movies The Con (1998), A Slight Case of Murder (1999), Door to Door (2002), and The Wool Cap (2004), all of which Schachter directed and in which Macy starred. He also has directed numerous other made-for-TV movies, including an adaptation of David Mamet's play The Water Engine, which he had directed at the off-Broadway Public Theater in 1977 and again at the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway the following year. In 2006 he directed the TV movie The Mermaid Chair.Schachter's latest projects also involve Macy. In May 2007, he completed filming the feature The Deal, written by and starring Macy, which is scheduled for release in 2008. The two are collaborating on Family Man, a pilot for a TNT series in which Macy would portray a model husband and father of three who unbeknownst to his family leads a gang of burglars.
He was nominated for a 1985 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Play for "The Water Engine" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was nominated for a 1978 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Play for "Ashes" at the St. Nicholas Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was nominated for a 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Play for "Mert & Phil" at the St. Nicholas Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.
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He was awarded the 1976 Joseph Jefferson Award for Director of a Play for "A View From the Bridge" at the St. Nicholas Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Every Woman's Dream
1996
TV Movie
Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story
1995
TV Movie
Above Suspicion
1995
Lady Killer
1995
TV Movie
The Water Engine
1992
TV Movie
Getting Up and Going Home
1992
TV Movie
ABC Afterschool Specials
1990
TV Series 1 episode
Journey's End
1983
TV Movie
Unanswered Prayers
2010
TV Movie
Family Man
2008
TV Movie
The Deal
2008/I
The Mermaid Chair
2006
TV Movie
The Engagement Ring
2005
TV Movie
The Wool Cap
2004
TV Movie
It Must Be Love
2004
TV Movie
Just a Walk in the Park
2002
TV Movie
Door to Door
2002
TV Movie
For All Time
2000
TV Movie
A Slight Case of Murder
1999
TV Movie
To Live Again
1998
TV Movie
The Con
1998
TV Movie
To Face Her Past
1996
TV Movie
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Shameless
2012
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Family Man
2008
TV Movie
The Deal
2008/I
screenplay
The Wool Cap
2004
TV Movie teleplay
Just a Walk in the Park
2002
TV Movie teleplay
Door to Door
2002
TV Movie written by
A Slight Case of Murder
1999
TV Movie teleplay
The Con
1998
TV Movie written by
Every Woman's Dream
1996
TV Movie teleplay
Above Suspicion
1995
written by
Home Fires
1992
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Thirtysomething
1991
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Family Man
2008
TV Movie executive producer
The Wool Cap
2004
TV Movie producer
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Firewalker
1986
dialogue coach: Mr. Norris - as Steve Schachter
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
assistant: Mr. Schlesinger - as Steve Schachter
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Where Music Meets Film
2008
TV Movie
Himself
The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
2003
TV Special
Himself - Winner: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special and Co-Winner: Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2003
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special
Door to Door (2002)
2003
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special