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Steve Koren | |
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| Alma mater | Binghamton University |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
Steve Koren is an American writer/producer and screenwriter. Most notably, he has written forSaturday Night Live,Seinfeld, andVeep. He also wrote or co-wrote the moviesBruce Almighty,Click,A Night at the Roxbury, andSuperstar.
In addition, he has contributed toCurb Your Enthusiasm (specifically, the "Palestinian Chicken" episode).
Koren is a native ofQueens, New York,[1] and attendedBenjamin N. Cardozo High School inBayside, Queens.
After college, he began his career as anNBC page gathering coffee for the other employees. Among his other duties as a page was working forSaturday Night Live. As aRockefeller Center tour guide, Koren would hand jokes toDavid Letterman andDennis Miller as they passed in the hall, which landed him a writing gig onSNL 1992, midway through the show's17th season.[2] He also occasionally acted for the series.[3]
While atSNL, he wrote/co-wroteWeekend Update andAdam Sandler’s The Denise Show; Koren was one of five writers to have survived an overhaul in1995, and wrote many of the recurring sketches fromseason 21 with a nearly brand new cast, such asMary Katherine Gallagher, The Roxbury Guys, The Joe Pesci Show,Jim Carrey’s Hot Tub Lifeguard, among many other sketches. After being named a writer supervisor midway through season 21, Koren left the show at the end of the season in 1996, after 4½ years.
In addition, he helped write and performed on Adam Sandler’s Platinum debut albumThey’re All Gonna Laugh at You.
Later, he became a writer forSeinfeld, and wrote the episodes "The Abstinence", "The English Patient", "The Serenity Now", and "The Dealership". He was also one of the contributors to the teleplay for "The Frogger" and "The Puerto Rican Day".[citation needed]
In the episode "The Van Buren Boys", a character named Steve Koren isGeorge Costanza's choice for the first Susan Biddle Ross Scholarship to be granted by theSusan Ross Foundation.[citation needed]
Koren hasexecutive-produced several films such asAdam Sandler'sGrown Ups (2010),Just Go with It (2011),Blended (2014), andPixels (2015). Koren also wrote the movieSuperstar, starring Molly Shannon and Will Ferrell.
