Steven Wolfson

Steven Wolfson was born and raised in The Fairfax District of Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he received undergraduate degrees in History and Art History, followed by an MFA in Playwriting,

Wolfson is a founding member of the Mark Taper Forum's Mentor Playwrights Project . His original plays have been produced and workshopped at The Mark Taper Forum, Taper Too, The Getty Museum, Cornerstone Theater Company, The Virginia Avenue Project and The Geffen Contemporary. His adaptations of Euripides' Trojan Women and Iphigenia at Aulis have been performed at classical theater companies throughout the country.

As a screenwriter, Wolfson wrote the independent romantic comedy, Dinner and Driving, which premiered at The Austin Film Festival and went on to win audience awards at several film festivals. A few years later, Wolfson wrote and co-produced the critically acclaimed feature, Gang Tapes, a coming-of-age drama set in South Central, Los Angeles. Gang Tapes played to sold out audiences at film festivals in both The United States and Europe, finally being released by Lionsgate.

For the past two decades, Wolfson has taught screenwriting, playwriting and creative writing at The Writers Program at UCLA, where he has been honored twice as Instructor of the Year. He has single-handedly created more new writing classes for the program than any other instructor. His private writing workshops in Hancock Park have included numerous published novelists and produced screenwriters.

As a highly sought-after writing consultant and dramaturg, Wolfson's clients span the worlds of film, television, theater and prose. He has worked one-on-one with several A-list Hollywood writers and directors, shepherding new projects from inception to production. Wolfson's series of unique writing exercises have been passed throughout Hollywood and will soon be published for the first time.

Finally, Steven Wolfson is an accomplished songwriter and recently released the album, Whatever Pleases You, available on iTunes. He will be touring The United States, Europe and Japan in support of the album.

Steven Wolfson can be reached at hancockparkfilms@gmail.com.