Stephen McEveety

American film producer (born 1954)

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Stephen Mark "Steve" McEveety (born November 4, 1954)[1] is an American film producer, who has over 40 years experience in senior positions in the entertainment industry.

McEveety is one of six children, and attended Notre Dame High School and Loyola Marymount University. He and his wife Susie have four children.[2] As a child, Steve McEveety appeared in episodes of the TV series' Gunsmoke, My Three Sons, and Star Trek ("Miri", 1966). Later, he worked as an assistant director and production manager.

McEveety worked many years at Mel Gibson's Icon Productions where he executive produced What Women Want, Payback, Anna Karenina, Immortal Beloved, The Man Without a Face and Braveheart, the last of which gained ten Academy Award nominations and received five Oscars. McEveety produced The Passion of the Christ, Airborne, which he also wrote, as well as 187, Paparazzi, and We Were Soldiers.

After completing an exclusive producing deal with Icon, McEveety partnered with David Segel, John Shepherd and Todd Burns to launch Mpower Pictures. The company's first release was the Toronto Award Winning Bella. McEveety produced An American Carol, written & directed by David Zucker, and The Stoning of Soraya M., written & directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, that took 2nd Runner-up at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival.[3] Through Mpower Pictures McEveety also produced the movie Snowmen (October 2011), which won the Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award, Runner-up, the Dallas International Film Festival Audience Award, the TIFF Sprockets Golden Sprocket Award and the Heartland Crystal Heart Award. Most recently, McEveety produced Machine Gun Preacher with Mpower Pictures, in association with a number of other companies.

In 2015, McEveety went on to produce Man Down, directed by Dito Montiel, starring Shia Labeouf, Gary Oldman, and Kate Mara. It was released by Lionsgate in late 2016.

## Filmography

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He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

### Film

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Year  | Film  | Credit

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1991 | Hot Shots! | Associate producer
1993 | The Man Without a Face | Executive producer
Airborne |
1994 | Immortal Beloved | Executive producer
1995 | Braveheart | Executive producer
1997 | Anna Karenina | Executive producer
One Eight Seven |
1999 | Payback | Executive producer
2000 | What Women Want | Executive producer
2002 | We Were Soldiers |
2004 | The Passion of the Christ |
Paparazzi |
2006 | Bella | Executive producer
2008 | The Stoning of Soraya M. |
An American Carol |
2010 | Snowmen |
2015 | Man Down |
2019 | The Devil Has a Name |

Second unit director or assistant director
Year  | Film  | Role

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1980 | Herbie Goes Bananas | Second assistant director
1981 | The Devil and Max Devlin
Zorro, The Gay Blade
Force: Five
1983 | Something Wicked This Way Comes | First assistant director: Special effects
1985 | Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | First assistant director
Real Genius
The Trip to Bountiful
1988 | 18 Again!
1989 | Blood Red

Production manager
Year  | Film  | Role

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1985 | The Trip to Bountiful | Unit production manager
1990 | Flatliners
Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael | Production manager
1991 | Hot Shots! | Unit production manager
1992 | Forever Young

Visual effects
Year  | Film  | Role

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1979 | The Black Hole | Production assistant: Miniatures unit
1982 | Tron | Effects unit manager

As writer
Year  | Film

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1993 | Airborne

Thanks
Year  | Film  | Role

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2015 | Little Boy | The producers wish to thank the following for their assistance

### Television

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Second unit director or assistant director
Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1979 | The Sacketts | Second assistant director | Television film
1985 | An Early Frost | First assistant director
1986 | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1988 | Street of Dreams

As an actor
Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1964 | The Lieutenant | Victor |
1966 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Redheaded Boy | S1:E8, "Miri"
1965−66 | Gunsmoke | Boy

* * *

Young Moreland Boy | Uncredited
1967 | Cimarron Strip | 1st Boy |
1964−68 | My Three Sons | Boy

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Second Boy

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Kenny | Uncredited

Production manager
Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1987 | Thirtysomething | Unit production manager |
Right to Die | Production manager | Television film
1989 | The Revenge of Al Capone

## References

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1. ^ Stephen McEveety at IMDb
2. ^ Greg Heffernan (January 2001). "Steve McEveety: Catholic Producer in Hollywood". St Anthony Messenger.
3. ^ Behind the Scenes of "The Stoning of Soraya M.", CBN.com.

## External links

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* Stephen McEveety at IMDb
* McEveety on "The Stoning of Soraya M.", CBN.com

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