Biographie
Joseph Stephen Meadows (Steve) is a Screenwriter, Cinematographer, and Performer. Recently, four of his screenplays earned Best Feature Screenplay honors across more than thirty-five International Screenwriting Competitions, including those in New York, London, Los Angeles, and Paris.
Steve began his career in entertainment in 1984. While raising his family in Hollywood, he worked as a cinematographer and actor from 1984 to 2003, creating documentaries and appearing in over a hundred television productions and numerous films. He served as Director of Photography for John Ritter’s final film, "Man of the Year," produced the reality show pilot "Straight From the Edge," and produced and filmed the documentary "Cross-Cultural Solutions," about Mother Teresa’s Home for the Dying and Destitute in Lima, Peru, which received the Exceptional Merit Award from Doctors Without Borders.
His screenplay "It’s Only Life" recently received 'Best Dramatic Screenplay' accolades from the New York Script Awards and New York Movie Awards, followed by wins at the Paris, London, and Oxford Screenplay Awards. His thriller "Flash Card" was named 'Best Feature Script of the Year' at the Las Vegas, London Movie Awards, and New York City Film Festival. The dystopian script "Rumblers" won the Gold Star Movie Awards for 'Best Sci-Fi Screenplay,' and "Dreamgift" took 'Best Screenplay' honors at the Hollywood Horror Film Festival and New York Movie Awards. In 2022, Steve was honored as "Best International Screenwriter" by the 8&HalFilm Awards.
Raised in Georgia, Steve played football for the Georgia Bulldogs, served in the Marine Corps, and earned his Graduate Teaching Credential from the University of California. He began his architectural practice in 1975 and taught architecture and industrial design until 1983 at San Francisco State University, UC Berkeley, the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design, and the Academy of Art. He holds three U.S. Utility Patents for his invention of the Parabounce®, which Popular Mechanics recognized as one of the world’s 12 most innovative products.
Steve volunteers in the ER at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. In 2004, he served as a volunteer medical worker and firefighter in Peru and participated in disaster relief efforts in Sri Lanka following the Tsunami. His company, One Giant Leap, donates all profits to children’s causes. Selected for "Who's Who" in 2007, Steve lives in Venice, California, has three children, and also designs and flies experimental aircraft.
