Stephen Geller


Stephen Geller is an American screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five, and has worked in the film industry in Hollywood and Europe. Geller recently directed his own independent feature titled Mother's Little Helpers.

Career

Educated at Dartmouth College and Yale University, Geller moved to Rome, Italy from 1969 to 79 to work for the Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis, where he wrote the screenplay for The Valachi Papers and other films. Rome became his home for the next 16 years. He worked in the Italian, French, British and independent film industries. He also commuted to Los Angeles and wrote for every major studio during this period. In 1986, he returned to Hollywood, working there for a time, but leaving to found screenwriting programs at Arizona State University and at Boston University.
His screenwriting credits, in addition to Slaughterhouse-Five, include Ashanti, The Valachi Papers, and , and "Mother's Little Helpers."
In 1997, Geller directed, co-wrote and acted in the play Opportunities in Zero Gravity with Kae Geller, his writing partner and wife. This two-actor, seven-character play thematically wove monologues around popular cultural mythology, capitalism, and the pursuit of the American Dream.
Aside from screenwriting, he has published 11 novels and a book on screenwriting, written several plays, and directed both theater and film. He currently teaches Shakespeare, satire, and the personal essay at Savannah College of Art and Design. His most recent novel is A Warning of Golems.

Screenplays

Two Excerpts from a Novel-in-Progress
Sabbath-on-Swathe: an author-ized autobiography

Awards

Stephen Geller's blog Upwriteonthedownbeat.com combines personal reflections, critiques of film, music, and art, as well as
excerpts from his fiction and poetry.
Stephen Geller's wife, Kae, was an elite level ice dancer, and is a writer, educator, and performer.
Their daughter, Florrie, is a professional ballet dancer.