---
name: "Steve Koren"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-koren"
fi1m_id: "steve-koren"
imdb_id: "nm0466175"
tmdb_id: 4485
wikidata_id: "Q669354"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "9 June 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 63
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T04:43:03.230026+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 Koren

## Identity

Steve Koren

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-koren
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-koren
- **IMDb ID:** nm0466175
- **TMDB ID:** 4485
- **Wikidata ID:** Q669354
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Koren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466175/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4485

Writer and producer. Born 9 June 1966 in Queens, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 9 June 1966, Queens, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2015
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 1 acting, 5 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Sandler](https://film.one/person/adam-sandler.md), [Billy Kimball](https://film.one/person/billy-kimball.md), [Dan O'Keefe](https://film.one/person/dan-okeefe.md), [David Mandel](https://film.one/person/david-mandel.md), [Jack Giarraputo](https://film.one/person/jack-giarraputo.md), [Jennifer Crittenden](https://film.one/person/jennifer-crittenden.md), [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](https://film.one/person/julia-louis-dreyfus.md), [Mark O'Keefe](https://film.one/person/mark-okeefe.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 63, as writer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 90 (1), 2000s 56 (2), 2010s 50 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 56 to 52 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 3 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 5, Fantasy 2, Drama 1, Family 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $875m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Koren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q669354, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0466175/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4485

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)
- **HBO Max:** [*Veep*](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) (82)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Click*](https://film.one/film/click.md) (58)
- **Tubi:** [*Jack and Jill*](https://film.one/film/jack-and-jill.md) (31)

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

## Biography

Steve Koren is an American screenwriter and television writer. He wrote for *Seinfeld* from 1996 to 1998, contributing episodes including "The Abstinence", "The English Patient", "The Serenity Now" and "The Dealership".

Koren grew up in Queens, New York, and attended Binghamton University. He began his career as an NBC page before writing for *Saturday Night Live* from 1992 to 1996. He later wrote for *Veep* and contributed to films including *A Night at the Roxbury* (1998), *Superstar* (1999), *Bruce Almighty* (2003) and *Click* (2006). He received an Emmy Award as consulting producer on *Veep* in 2016 and was nominated for *Seinfeld*.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (1)

- *Pixels* (2015), Fi1m 36, as White House Reporter #3 — [page](https://film.one/film/pixels.md)

### Wrote (5) — the average rests on these

- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Jack and Jill* (2011), Fi1m 31, Screenplay, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/jack-and-jill.md)
- *Click* (2006), Fi1m 58, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/click.md)
- *Bruce Almighty* (2003), Fi1m 55, Screenplay, Story, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/bruce-almighty.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *Pixels* (2015), as White House Reporter #3 · Executive Producer — Fi1m 36, [page](https://film.one/film/pixels.md)
- *Blended* (2014), Executive Producer
- *Veep* (2012), series, Writer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *A Thousand Words* (2012), Writer
- *Jack and Jill* (2011), Executive Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 31, [page](https://film.one/film/jack-and-jill.md)
- *Just Go with It* (2011), Executive Producer
- *Grown Ups* (2010), Executive Producer
- *Evan Almighty* (2007), Characters
- *Click* (2006), Producer, Writer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/click.md)
- *Bruce Almighty* (2003), Producer, Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/bruce-almighty.md)
- *H.U.D.* (2000), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Superstar* (1999), Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *A Night at the Roxbury* (1998), Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman* (1998), Writer
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Cabbie, Juror, Steve Koren · Writer, Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

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