--- name: "Steve Franks" canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-franks" fi1m_id: "steve-franks" imdb_id: "nm0291692" tmdb_id: 204761 wikidata_id: "Q3973335" roles: ["Writer"] born: "21 September 1965" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-05T01:47:15.801526+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 Franks ## Identity Steve Franks - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-franks - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** steve-franks - **IMDb ID:** nm0291692 - **TMDB ID:** 204761 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3973335 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Franks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3973335, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291692/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/204761 Writer. Born 21 September 1965 in Orange County. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 21 September 1965, Orange County - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Franks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3973335, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291692/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/204761 ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Big Daddy*](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md) (55) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Steve Franks is an American screenwriter, director and producer. A southern California native, he earned a BA in English from the University of California, Irvine in 1991 and studied film at Loyola Marymount University. While a graduate student, his first screenplay was purchased by Columbia Pictures; he devised the story for the 1999 comedy *Big Daddy* and co-wrote the screenplay with Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler. Franks created the USA Network series *Psych* (2006–2014), serving as writer, executive producer and showrunner; he also wrote and directed the television films *Psych: The Movie* (2017), *Psych 2: Lassie Come Home* (2020) and *Psych 3: This Is Gus* (2021). He was executive producer and showrunner on the CBS series *Rush Hour* (2016) and fronted the band The Friendly Indians, which recorded the theme song for *Psych*. *Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Big Daddy* (1999), Fi1m 55, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md) ## Complete filmography (8) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Psych 3: This Is Gus* (2021), Director, Characters, Executive Producer, Writer - *Psych 2: Lassie Come Home* (2020), Writer, Director, Executive Producer - *Psych: The Movie* (2017), Director, Writer - *Rush Hour* (2016), series, Director, Writer - *DeTour* (2015), Writer - *Psych: The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus* (2008), series, Writer, Creator - *Psych* (2006), series, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator - *Big Daddy* (1999), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/big-daddy.md) ## Gallery - ![Steve Franks](https://film.one/media/person/5574069/gallery-69cf752461dd.jpg) Steve Franks — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Steve_Franks_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Steve_Franks_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Comic Con 2010 (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/5574069/gallery-c4d387348035.jpg) Comic Con 2010 (2008) — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Dule_Hill%2C_James_Roday%2C_Steve_Franks_Psych_Panel_%2812167181465%29.jpg/1280px-Dule_Hill%2C_James_Roday%2C_Steve_Franks_Psych_Panel_%2812167181465%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Comic Con 2010 (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/5574069/gallery-f56fa5f7d8f5.jpg) Comic Con 2010 (2008) — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Dule_Hill%2C_James_Roday%2C_Steve_Franks_Psych_Panel_%2812167210135%29.jpg/1280px-Dule_Hill%2C_James_Roday%2C_Steve_Franks_Psych_Panel_%2812167210135%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Comic Con 2010 (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/5574069/gallery-a81fbedbe9e7.jpg) Comic Con 2010 (2008) — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Dule_Hill%2C_James_Roday%2C_Steve_Franks_Psych_Panel_%2812167214205%29.jpg/1280px-Dule_Hill%2C_James_Roday%2C_Steve_Franks_Psych_Panel_%2812167214205%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Comic Con 2010 (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/5574069/gallery-2600a93e4724.jpg) Comic Con 2010 (2008) — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Dule_Hill%2C_James_Roday%2C_Steve_Franks_Psych_Panel_%2812167216535%29.jpg/1280px-Dule_Hill%2C_James_Roday%2C_Steve_Franks_Psych_Panel_%2812167216535%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Comic Con 2010 (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/5574069/gallery-c0ca8e7a8a61.jpg) Comic Con 2010 (2008) — Sue Lukenbaugh from Sacramento, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Dule_Hill%2C_James_Roday%2C_Steve_Franks_Psych_Panel_%2812167431263%29.jpg/1280px-Dule_Hill%2C_James_Roday%2C_Steve_Franks_Psych_Panel_%2812167431263%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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