Steven Kunes Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Steven Kunes (born 1956) is an American screenwriter, author, playwright, con man, forger and plagiarist. Kunes is a convicted felon.
Net Worth
$12 Million
Date Of Birth
September 7, 1956
Place Of Birth
Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Height
6' 1" (1.85 m)
Profession
Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Producer
Nicknames
Steven Kunes
Star Sign
Virgo
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Quote
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Being a script doctor is like making love to a beautiful woman and hearing her call out someone else's name.
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I have never liked the term 'script doctor' because, in essence, every writer on a movie can be called that. It also implies that the other writers were somehow deficient. I prefer to be referred to as a participating writer.
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Writing a screenplay is like driving at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but it's possible to make the entire journey that way.
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I don't like reading other people's screenplays. In fact, I don't even like reading my own.
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Why does almost everyone I meet ask me to write a movie about their life? I don't want anyone writing a movie about MY life!
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Fact
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(May 20, 1992) Kunes sold an original screenplay entitled "First Comes Love" to Westport Film Partners (headed by former Warner Bros. Music president Stephen-Craig Aristei) for $1.2 million. This was the highest amount ever paid for an original screenplay at the time of its sale, and made the front page of Daily Variety.
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Wrote 684 monologues for Johnny Carson between 1988 and 1992.
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(May 22, 1992) During his last four years on "The Tonight Show," Kunes was Johnny Carson's favorite monologue writer and wrote the final joke that Carson ever delivered.
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Sold 60 episodes of comedy series "Over My Dead Body" for $8 million to YouTube Red in 2016.
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(January 2007-Present) Is an adjunct assistant professor in the Creative Writing Program at New York University.
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Moved to Montecito, California where he continues to write and helps aspiring writers through seminars and workshops. [November 2006]
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Lives on Broad Beach Road in Malibu, California [July 2006]
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Has been a ham radio operator since age 13 (KQ6DF, formerly WA3MZV).
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Likes to work with cinematographer John Seale.
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Favorite movie: "Midnight Cowboy."
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Writes most of his screenplays with Dustin Hoffman in mind.
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Graduated from New York University in 1978.
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Writes his screenplays by hand on a yellow legal pad.
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Likes to tell strangers he's a taxidermist or an insurance underwriter.
