Burr Steers (Writer/Director) began as an actor studying with Sandy Meisner. He was a founding member of the Evidence Room Theater Project in Los Angeles, where he currently lives.

In the early 1990s, Steers began to explore directing in equity waiver theater, most notably with the acclaimed production of Tennessee Williams' final play Vieux Carre at the Los Angeles Playhouse in 1993. Steers also resumed his acting career by working with such auteurs as Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Martin Scorsese (Naked in New York), and Whit Stillman (The Last Days of Disco).

Igby Goes Down was Steers' first screenplay, and marked his film directorial debut. He has subsequently penned the screenplays How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days (starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey) for Lynda Obst and Paramount Pictures and Number One Girl for Mark Johnson at Intermedia.

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