---
name: "Steve Gordon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-gordon"
fi1m_id: "steve-gordon"
imdb_id: "nm0330619"
tmdb_id: 122944
wikidata_id: "Q5506633"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "10 October 1938"
died: "27 November 1982"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:12:04.680051+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 Gordon

## Identity

Steve Gordon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-gordon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-gordon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0330619
- **TMDB ID:** 122944
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5506633
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gordon_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5506633, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330619/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122944

Director. Born 10 October 1938 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 27 November 1982.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 10 October 1938, Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 27 November 1982
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Gordon_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5506633, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330619/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/122944

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Arthur*](https://film.one/film/arthur.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Steve Gordon was an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote and directed the 1981 romantic comedy *Arthur*, starring Dudley Moore, which was a commercial success and earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. It was his only feature film as a director.

Gordon had previously written the screenplay for the 1978 film *The One and Only*, starring Henry Winkler. He spent several years writing for television, including episodes of *Barney Miller* and creating the series *The Practice*. He was born in Chester, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Ohio State University.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Arthur* (1981), Fi1m 72, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/arthur.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Arthur* (2011), Story
- *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes* (2010), series, Director
- *Wolverine and the X-Men* (2009), series, Director
- *Arthur 2: On the Rocks* (1988), Characters
- *Arthur* (1981), Director, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/arthur.md)
- *Good Time Harry* (1980), series, Creator
- *The One and Only* (1978), Writer, Producer
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, Writer
- *Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers* (1974), series, Writer
- *Chico and the Man* (1974), series, Writer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1982: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Arthur*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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