Steve Cuden Writer-Director-Producer www.stevecuden.com Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION • Master of Fine Arts, Screenwriting, University of California Los Angeles, 2010 • Certificate, Professional Program in Screenwriting, University of California Los Angeles, 2008 • Bachelor of Arts, Theater, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1978 ACADEMIC/TEACHING EXPERIENCE • Assistant Professor, Cinema and Digital Arts, Point Park University, 2011-Present. o Currently teaching courses in screenwriting and motion picture production • Teaching Assistant, Screenwriting, University of California Los Angeles, 2010 o Taught the course, Fundamentals of Screenwriting, to undergraduate students • Lecturer, Master Class on Plot and Character, Academy for New Musical Theatre, 2010 o Taught a seminar on plot and character development for storytelling and musicals • Lecturer, How to Succeed in Hollywood, Carnegie Mellon University, John Heinz School of Business, Spring, 2012 o Presented a seminar to Masters of Entertainment Industry Management program graduate students • Lecturer, Screenwriting Fundamentals, Women in Film, Pittsburgh, Screenwriting Symposium o Presented a seminar on screenwriting fundamentals to members of Women in Film, Pittsburgh PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • Writers Guild of America, west • Writers Guild of Canada • Dramatists Guild • Animation Guild • ASCAP • The Denis Theatre Foundation, Advisory Board of Directors, 2011-Present HIGHLIGHTS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE FEATURE FILMS • LUCKY (Director-Producer) Muddfilms/MTI Home Video o Winner – Best Director - Nodance Film Festival o Winner – Best Feature - New York City Horror Film Festival o Winner – Best Feature – Shriekfest Film Festival, Los Angeles o Winner – Fan Favorite – Shriekfest Film Festival, Los Angeles o Winner – Best Feature - MicroCineFest, Baltimore • A RAT’S TALE (Rewrite) Warner Bros./Monty Film • THE SWEETEST CHRISTMAS (Writer) In development Silver Lion Films • PROS AND CONS (Writer) Under option HF Films • SCOUTS (Writer) Under option HF Films • WIPEOUT (Writer) Steve Cuden 2 • THE MEMORY TOUR (Writer) • THE KID WHO SAVED CHRISTMAS (Writer) • STATE OF SIEGE (Writer) • MY DEAD EX-WIFE’S FAMILY (Writer) • JACQUELYN & HEIDI (Writer) MUSICAL THEATER • JEKYLL & HYDE Broadway 1997-2001 (Concept, Co-Writer, Co-Lyricist with Frank Wildhorn) Currently worldwide in multiple venues • RUDOLF, THE MAYERLING AFFAIRE Hungary, Vienna, Japan (Concept, Co-Writer, Co-Lyricist with Frank Wildhorn) 2005-present TELEVISION - Development • SKELETON WARRIORS (Co-Developed Series, Co-Wrote Pilot) CBS/Graz Entertainment • DINOZAURS CBS/Big Daddy Prods. • A WIND IN THE WILLOWS CHRISTMAS (Special) Disney TV Animation TELEVISION – Staff Writer • BONKERS (multiple episodes) Synd/Disney TV Animation • GOOF TROOP (multiple episodes) Synd/Disney TV Animation • QUACK PACK (multiple episodes) Synd/Disney TV Animation TELEVISION – Writer - (Sit-Com) • MANHATTAN, AZ USA/Studios USA TELEVISION – Writer - (Animation) • THE BATMAN WB/Warner Bros. Animation • X-MEN Fox/Saban Entertainment • IRON MAN Synd/Marvel Entertainment • XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN (multiple episodes) WB/Warner Bros. Animation • THE PINK PANTHER Synd/MGM Animation • THE MASK (multiple episodes) Synd/Sunbow Entertainment • EXTREME GHOSTBUSTERS (multiple episodes) Synd/Columbia-Tristar • BIKER MICE FROM MARS (multiple episodes) Synd/Brentwood TV Funnies • STARSHIP TROOPERS Synd/Columbia-Tristar • NASCAR RACERS (multiple episodes) Fox/Fox Kids Network • LOONATICS UNLEASHED (multiple episodes) WB/Warner Bros. Animation • GODZILLA Fox/Columbia-Tristar • BEETLEJUICE (multiple episodes) Fox/Nelvana Entertainment • ROBOCOP (multiple episodes) Synd/MGM Animation • MUMMIES ALIVE (multiple episodes) Synd/DIC Entertainment • WING COMMANDER ACADEMY USA/Universal Cartoon Studios • GARGOYLES ABC/Disney • SAVAGE DRAGON (multiple episodes) USA/Universal Cartoon Studios • WORLD OF QUEST (multiple episodes) WB/Cookie Jar Entertainment • STARGATE INFINITY Fox/DIC Entertainment • SKELETON WARRIORS (multiple episodes) CBS/Graz Entertainment • EXOSQUAD Synd/Universal Cartoon Studios • LITTLE SHOP… (multiple episodes) Fox/Saban Entertainment • CREEPY CRAWLERS (multiple episodes) Synd/Saban Entertainmentd Steve Cuden 3 • GI JOE EXTREME USA/Gunther-Wahl Animation • THE ADVENTURES OF OLIVER TWIST (multiple episodes) Synd/Saban Entertainment • POCKET DRAGON ADVENTURES (multiple episodes) Synd/BKN Entertainment OTHER EXPERIENCE • Guest Judge/Panelist, Finals, Steeltown Film Factory Competition 2012 • Board of Directors, Academy for New Musical Theater, Los Angeles 2008-2011 • Guest Panelist, Creating Musicals, Academy for New Musical Theater 2006 • Board of Directors, Tarzana Courts Homeowners Association 2004-2008 • Guest Panelist, Indie Filmmaking, NYC Horror Film Festival 2003 • Supervisor of Ride and Show Lighting, Universal Studios Florida 1989-1990 • Theater Lighting Designer 1980-1984, 1986-1989 o Designed numerous L.A. stage productions o Directors worked with include: John Cassavetes, Abraham Polonsky, Andy Tennnant, Mimi Leder, Monte Markham, Donna Deitch • Director of Marketing, SAResearch 1984-1985 • Coordinator, Special Effects Division, Disney Imagineering, EPCOT 1981-1982 • Special Effects Assistant to Joe Lombardi, Special Effects Unlimited 1980 o Francis Ford Coppola’s “One from the Heart” • Master Electrician, USC School Of Theater 1978-1980 • Tour Guide, Universal Studios Hollywood 1976-1977 SCREENWRITING AWARDS • UCLA Screenwriters Showcase, 2009 o Award of Excellence for Feature Film Screenplay, “The Memory Tour” .