Steve Franks

Steve Franks
Franks at Comic Con, San Diego, July 18, 2013
Residence	Orange County, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, Irvine (B.A.) Loyola Marymount University (M.A.)
Occupation	Screenwriter
Height	6 ft 7 in (201 cm)
Spouse(s)	April McDonald
Children	2

Steve Franks is an American screenwriter and musician based in Orange County, California. He devised the story for the 1999 comedy Big Daddy and wrote the screenplay with Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler.

Franks graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He also attended a graduate program at Loyola Marymount University.

Franks also created the USA Network original series Psych, and created the band The Friendly Indians, which recorded the show's theme song. He wrote several episodes of the series, and also directed many of these):

Franks also served as Executive Producer and Showrunner on the CBS series Rush Hour, which was cancelled in May, 2016.