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Stephen Chbosky
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Stephen Chbosky (born January 25, 1970) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director best-known for writing The New York Times bestselling coming-of-age novel The Perk…
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Stephen Chbosky (born January 25, 1970) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director best-known for writing The New York Times bestselling coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999), as well as for writing and directing the film version of the same book, starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Rent and Disney's 2017 live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, alongside Evan Spiliotopoulos, and was co-creator, executive producer, and writer of the CBS television series Jericho, which aired from 2006 to 2008. Most recently, he directed the 2017 drama Wonder, starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, and Jacob Tremblay. His next novel, Imaginary Friend, was published in October 2019.
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2025
Nonnas
Movie Director
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2021
Dear Evan Hansen
Movie Director
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2017
Wonder
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2017
Beauty and the Beast
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2016
Leaving Vogue Moran
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2016
Allegiant
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2012
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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2007
The Poughkeepsie Tapes
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2006
Jericho
TV show Producer
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2006
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
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2005
Rent
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2000
Brutally Normal
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1995
The Four Corners of Nowhere
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Weekend Warriors
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A Thousand Boy Kisses
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A Thousand Broken Pieces
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