Steven Baigelman
| Steven Baigelman | |
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| Born |
Steven J. Baigelman June 4, 1960 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | City College of New York |
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| Years active | 1996–present |
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| Children | 1 |
Steven J. Baigelman (born June 15, 1960) is a Canadian screenwriter, producer, and film director. He has written the screenplays for the crime dramedy Feeling Minnesota (1996), the crime thriller Brother's Keeper (2002), the biographical drama Get on Up (2014), and the biographical drama Miles Ahead (2015). Baigelman also created the ABC anthology television series Wicked City (2015), on which he also serves as an executive producer.
Baigelman was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1960. He attended York University, before dropping out and moving to New York City. Baigelman then studied acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. He later studied painting at City College of New York, exhibiting his work in galleries in New York and Europe. While painting, he worked days as a film production assistant and began writing screenplays.
Baigelman started his career with the crime comedy film Feeling Minnesota, starring Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz and Vincent D'Onofrio. He wrote the screenplay and directed the film, which was released on September 13, 1996. He next co-wrote the screenplay for Brother's Keeper with Glenn Gers, which was directed by John Badham. The film was released January 29, 2002 in the United States.
He wrote the initial screenplay for the film Get on Up for Imagine Entertainment.Jez and John-Henry Butterworth contributed to rewrites. The project was stalled for years, until director Tate Taylor revived the script in 2012. The film was released on August 1, 2014 in the United States, with Baigelman getting co-writing credits.
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