Life and career

Miner was born in Chicago, Illinois. Television programs Miner has directed include The Wonder Years, Jake 2.0, Felicity, Dawson's Creek (including the pilot and four of the other episodes of the first season), and Diagnosis: Murder. However, Miner first made his big splash as an associate-producer on the 1980 hit, Friday the 13th. He would go on to successfully direct the following sequels, Friday the 13th Part 2 and its 3D sequel Friday the 13th Part III. To this day, Steve Miner is the only director to direct more than one film in the Friday the 13th series. In 1986, he directed the horror comedy House. In later years, Miner directed Halloween H20: 20 Years Later and Lake Placid.

Miner directed the 2008 film Day of the Dead, a remake of the George A. Romero film of the same name. The remake stars Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon and Christa Campbell, and was penned by Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination).

Filmography

• The Last House on the Left (1972) as Production Assistant, and Assistant Editor
• Case of the Full Moon Murders (1973) as Editor and Second Unit Director
• Video Vixens (1975) as Assistant Editor
• Here Come the Tigers (1978) as Producer, Second Unit Director, and Editor
• Manny's Orphans (1978) as Story, Editor, and Producer
• Friday the 13th (1980) as Associate Producer and Unit Production Manager
• Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981) as Director and Producer
• Friday the 13th Part III (1982) as Director
• Night of the Creeps (1986) as Second Unit Director
• House (1986) as Director
• Soul Man (1986) as Director
• The Wonder Years (TV series) (1988-1989, 6 episodes) as Director
• Warlock (1989) as Director and Supervising Producer
• CBS Summer Playhouse (TV series) (1989) as Director
• Elvis (TV series) (1990) as Director
• Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken (1991) as Director
• Laurie Hill (TV series) (1992) as Director
• Forever Young (1992) as Director
• Against the Grain (TV series) (1993) as Director
• Sherwood's Travels (1994) as Director
• My Father the Hero (1994) as Director
• Chicago Hope (TV series) (1994) as Director
• Raising Canes (TV series) (1995) as Director
• Big Bully (1996) as Director
• Diagnosis: Murder (TV series) (1996) as Director
• Relativity (TV series) (1997) as Director
• The Practice (TV series) (1997) as Director
• Dawson's Creek (TV series) (1998) as Producer and Director
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998) as Director
• Lake Placid (1999) as Director
• Wasteland (TV series) (1999) as Director
• Felicity (TV series) (2000) as Director
• The Third Degree (2001) as Director
• Kate Brasher (TV series) (2001) as Director
• Texas Rangers (2001) as Director
• Home of the Brave (2002) as Director
• Smallville (TV series) (2002) as Director
• Miss Match (TV series) (2003) as Director
• Karen Sisco (TV series) (2003) as Director
• Jake 2.0 (TV series) (2004) as Director
• Summerland (TV series) (2004) as Director
• North Shore (TV series) (2004) as Director
• Wildfire (TV series) (2005) as Director
• Scarlett (TV movie) (2006) as Director
• The Ex List (TV series) (2008) as Director
• Day of the Dead (2008) as Director
• Psych (TV series) (2008) as Director
• Major Movie Star (2008)
• Make It or Break It (TV series) (2009) as Director
• Eureka (TV series) (2009) as Director
• The Gates (TV series) (2010) as Director
• Switched at Birth (TV series) (2011) as Director
• Chasing Life (TV series) (2014) as Director

[ Source: Wikipedia ]