Stephen Geller

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Stephen Geller (b. Los Angeles, California^[1]) is an American screenwriter and novelist. Most famous for writing the screenplay for the film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Geller has worked in the film industry in Hollywood, Europe, and recently directed his own independent feature, Mother's Little Helpers.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Geller's father was a musician who, in the 1950s, found himself the victim of the Hollywood blacklist^{[citation needed]}. As a result, Geller spent much of his youth abroad in Europe.

Educated at Dartmouth College^[1] and Yale University, Geller returned to Hollywood in the 1970s, working there for a time, but leaving eventually to found screenwriting programs at Arizona State University, and at the Boston University College of Communication.

His screenwriting credits, in addition to Slaughterhouse-Five, include Ashanti, The Valachi Papers, and Warburg: A Man of Influence.

Aside from screenwriting, he has also published four novels, a book on screenwriting, and has written several plays. He currently teaches screenwriting at the Savannah College of Art and Design.