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Steven E. de Souza

Highest Rated: 94% Die Hard (1988)

Lowest Rated: 10% Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)

Birthday: Nov 17, 1947

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

A prolific author of action-adventure features, de Souza wrote or co-wrote some of the biggest box office hits of the 1980s, specializing in tongue-in-cheek actioners for such stars as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis. His fast paced scripts, full of succinct, often memorable dialogue alternating with bursts of weapon fire, car crashes or exploding buildings, all deftly crafted with style and humor, have made him a steady force in the genre for more than a decade.

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Highest rated movies

94% 94% Die Hard Watchlist 92% 69% 48 HRS. Watchlist 69% 70% Die Hard 2 Watchlist
68% 68% Commando
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67% 61% The Running Man
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38% 43% Bad Dreams
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31% 56% Hudson Hawk Watchlist
24% 44% Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
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23% 25% The Flintstones
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22% 31% Judge Dredd Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Check In Quentin Tarantino (Voice) - 2022
No Score Yet 25% Blast Screenwriter - 2004
24% 44% Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Writer $65.7M 2003
No Score Yet 40% Possessed Director,
Screenwriter
- 2000
10% 26% Knock Off Writer $10.1M 1998
22% 31% Judge Dredd Screenwriter $34.7M 1995
10% 35% Beverly Hills Cop III Screenwriter $41.5M 1994
11% 20% Street Fighter Director,
Screenwriter
$33.2M 1994
23% 25% The Flintstones Screenwriter $130.5M 1994
31% 56% Hudson Hawk Screenwriter $16.4M 1991
69% 70% Die Hard 2 Screenwriter $115.3M 1990
38% 43% Bad Dreams Screenwriter $8.9M 1988
94% 94% Die Hard Screenwriter $82.3M 1988
67% 61% The Running Man Screenwriter $38.0M 1987
68% 68% Commando Writer,
Writer
$34.9M 1985
92% 69% 48 HRS. Screenwriter - 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Arnold's Wrecking Co. Director,
Screenwriter
- 1973

TV

Credit
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Director 1991
No Score Yet 80% Knight Rider Writer 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Writer 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bionic Woman Writer 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Six Million Dollar Man Writer 1977