Stephen Metcalfe

About

Playwright and screenwriter who turned his play, Strange Snow, into the screenplay for the 1989 Ed Harris and Robert De Niro film Jacknife. His other screenplays include Beautiful Joe and Cousins.

Before Fame

Early in his career, he wrote such stage plays as Pilgrims, Loves & Hours, and Half a Lifetime.

Trivia

His play The Tragedy of the Commons premiered at San Diego's Cygnet Theatre Company in 2011.

Family Life

He was brought up in Cheshire, Connecticut.

Associated With

His first film, Jacknife, starred Kathy Bates.