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name: "Steve Rudnick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-rudnick"
fi1m_id: "steve-rudnick"
imdb_id: "nm0748874"
tmdb_id: 56643
wikidata_id: "Q18536274"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 February 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T23:44:27.522414+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."
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# Steve Rudnick

## Identity

Steve Rudnick

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-rudnick
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-rudnick
- **IMDb ID:** nm0748874
- **TMDB ID:** 56643
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18536274
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Rudnick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18536274, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748874/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56643

Writer. Born 24 February 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 February 1958, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1994–1996
- **Also known as:** Stephen Mark Rudnick
- **Frequently works with:** [Leo Benvenuti](https://film.one/person/leo-benvenuti.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Rudnick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18536274, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0748874/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56643

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Santa Clause*](https://film.one/film/the-santa-clause.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Steve Rudnick is an American screenwriter and producer. Born on 24 February 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, he trained in improvisation at the Players Workshop of Second City, where he met his frequent writing partner Leo Benvenuti.

Rudnick and Benvenuti wrote the screenplay for the 1994 film *The Santa Clause*. They also wrote *Space Jam* (1996) and *Kicking & Screaming* (2005). The pair created the television series *Damon* (1998) and *The Second Half* (1993).

Rudnick has contributed to later entries in the Santa Clause franchise and wrote episodes for the 2015 television series *The Muppets*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Santa Clause* (1994), Fi1m 63, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-santa-clause.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The Santa Clauses* (2022), series, Characters
- *Space Jam: A New Legacy* (2021), Original Film Writer
- *The Muppets* (2015), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story
- *The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause* (2006), Characters
- *Kicking & Screaming* (2005), Writer
- *The Santa Clause 2* (2002), Story, Characters
- *Damon* (1998), series, Creator
- *Space Jam* (1996), Writer
- *The Santa Clause* (1994), Screenplay — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-santa-clause.md)
- *The Second Half* (1993), series, Writer, Creator
- *Morning Man at 88.0* (1993), Actor
- *The Rosey & Buddy Show* (1992), Writer
- *Banana I*, Actor

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