Steven Fechter

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Steven Fechter is an American playwright. [1] [2] He is best known for his play, The Woodsman , and co-wrote the screenplay for the film version starring Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick. [3]

Fetcher grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Binghamton University. [2] [ dead link ] He holds the PhD form the Graduate Theatre Program at Hunter College. [2] [ dead link ]

Fetcher teaches screenwriting, film, and theater at John Jay College [4] and at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. [5] [6]

Frecher's play, The Woodsman, was adapted for film with Nicole Kassell. [7] [8] The screen play, co-written by Fechter and Kassell, won the Slamdance Film Festival screen play competition and premiered at Sundance. [7] The screenplay was also nominated for the Humanitas Prize for filmwriting. [3]

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