Writer
Stephen Chbosky
56 years · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA · 10 films
Stephen Chbosky (born January 25, 1970) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director best-known for writing The New York Times bestselling coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999), as well as for writing and directing the film version of the same book, starring Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Rent and Disney's 2017 live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, alongside Evan Spiliotopoulos, and was co-creator, executive producer, and writer of the CBS television series Jericho, which aired from 2006 to 2008. Most recently, he directed the 2017 drama Wonder, starring Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, and Jacob Tremblay. His next novel, Imaginary Friend, was published in October 2019.
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Filmography 9
Nonnas
2025 · Director
On Netflix
Dear Evan Hansen
2021 · Director
On YouTube TV
Wonder
2017 · Director, Screenplay
On Philo
Beauty and the Beast
2017 · Screenplay
On Disney Plus
Allegiant
2016 · Screenplay
On fuboTV
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 · Director, Screenplay
On The CW
No Day But Today: The Story of 'Rent'
2006 · Self
Rent
2005 · Screenplay
On Kanopy
The Four Corners of Nowhere
1995 · Finneas, Writer