His first major Motion Picture screenwriting credit was the United Artists
feature, "The Honkers", starring James Coburn. Soon after, he was writing,
producing & directing his own film, "One Block Away". Another of Lodge's
films, "Kingdom of the Spiders", starring Star Trek's William Shatner, has
gone on to become a favorite late night TV cult horror classic.
Steve was influenced greatly by "B" Westerns as a youth; he wanted to be an
actor from a very early age and found visits to movie sets fascinating. The
gift of an 8mm movie camera at age 10 allowed him to write, direct and star
in his own "Productions". He began his professional acting career at 12; at
age 16 he performed at Hollywood's Famous "Corriganville" Western Street,
Back Lot Movie-Ranch.
After college, Steve was hired by Columbia Pictures; his interest in writing
had been seriously developing since high school. During his 2 years at
Columbia, he was Assistant to the Producer on TV's Camp Runamuck. After
that, he would spend several seasons as a Motion Picture Costumer with the
popular Network TV series, The Fugitive.
Steve has spent his entire life around the movie business, working on
numerous TV series, Movies of the Week, and Major Features--all the while writing, and
sometimes even selling his scripts.
Steve presently makes his home in Rancho Mirage, California, near Palm
Springs,
where he lives with his wife, Beth, and their two dogs, Hollie (The Collie),
and
Crystal. Since moving to the Desert, he has written, produced & directed a
90 minute TV special, Bordello; authored several articles for various
magazines; and completed additional screenplays, including an adaptation of
his novel, Shadows of Eagles.
STEPHEN LODGE is the co-writer of Kenny Rogers' only down-and-dirty Western
epic, the CBS Movie of the Week, Rio Diablo, co-starring Travis Tritt, Naomi
Judd and Stacy Keach.
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