---
name: "Steve Bencich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-bencich"
fi1m_id: "steve-bencich"
imdb_id: "nm0070368"
tmdb_id: 52694
wikidata_id: "Q7611920"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "31 October 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 49
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T04:49:12.135533+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Steve Bencich

## Identity

Steve Bencich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-bencich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-bencich
- **IMDb ID:** nm0070368
- **TMDB ID:** 52694
- **Wikidata ID:** Q7611920
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bencich, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7611920, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070368/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52694

Writer. Born 31 October 1970 in San Francisco.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 31 October 1970, San Francisco
- **Active:** 2003–2006
- **Frequently works with:** [Ron J. Friedman](https://film.one/person/ron-j-friedman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 49, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 49 to 46 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Family 3, Adventure 2, Comedy 2
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $766m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bencich, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7611920, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070368/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52694

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Brother Bear*](https://film.one/film/brother-bear.md) (56), [*Chicken Little*](https://film.one/film/chicken-little.md) (42)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Open Season*](https://film.one/film/open-season.md) (49)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Steve Bencich is an American screenwriter and film director. He has frequently collaborated with writing partner Ron J. Friedman.

Bencich and Friedman co-wrote the screenplays for the animated films *Brother Bear* (2003), *Chicken Little* (2005) and *Open Season* (2006). Bencich has also written *Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore* (2010) and *The Monkey King* (2023), and wrote and directed *Wish Upon a Unicorn* (2020). DreamWorks purchased their comedy screenplay *Gullible's Travels*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, wikimili.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Open Season* (2006), Fi1m 49, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/open-season.md)
- *Chicken Little* (2005), Fi1m 42, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-little.md)
- *Brother Bear* (2003), Fi1m 56, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/brother-bear.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Cure* (2026), Executive Producer
- *F Valentine's Day* (2026), Screenplay, Writer
- *The Monkey King* (2023), Screenplay
- *The Donor Party* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Happily* (2021), Thanks
- *Wish Upon a Unicorn* (2020), as Vagrant Lunatic · Director, Writer
- *10.0 Earthquake* (2014), Producer
- *Escape from Polygamy* (2013), as Willie
- *100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck* (2012), as Ghost
- *Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore* (2010), Writer
- *The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning* (2008), as Additional Writing
- *Cinderella III: A Twist in Time* (2007), Additional Storyboarding, Additional Writing
- *Open Season* (2006), Screenplay — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/open-season.md)
- *Chicken Little* (2005), Screenplay — Fi1m 42, [page](https://film.one/film/chicken-little.md)
- *Brother Bear* (2003), Screenplay — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/brother-bear.md)

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