Craig J. Nevius

Craig J. Nevius

Personal Details

Biography

Craig J. Nevius, a Chicago-born writer and producer, boasts an impressive portfolio of twenty-one independent films. Notably, he adapted Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four for the big screen, as well as his BlackScorpion features for television. Additionally, his family-friendly credits include the Disney Channel's Stepmonster, starring Alan Thicke, and A Very Unlucky Leprechaun, starring Tim Matheson.

Nevius' screenplay, Happy Together, won the prestigious Columbia Pictures Focus Award in 1989. His versatility is evident in a range of genres, including erotic thrillers, gangster dramas, and animated musicals based on children's poetry, as seen in titles like Baby Face Nelson and Aladdin & The Adventure Of All Time.

Beyond his work in Hollywood, Nevius is also a playwright who attended the esteemed Carnegie-Mellon University. Three of his plays have been produced by the Group Theatre: Where The Heart Is, The Men's Room, and Class Dismissed.

Career

Windfall
Windfall as Writer
1999
The Base
The Base as Story
1998
1996
Baby Face Nelson
Baby Face Nelson as Screenplay
Ladykiller
Ladykiller as Screenplay
Marquis de Sade
Marquis de Sade as Screenplay
1995
Black Scorpion
Black Scorpion as Screenplay
1994
1993
Stepmonster
Stepmonster as Screenplay
1989
2001