Steve Franks is an American screenwriter and musician based in Orange County, California. He devised the story for the 1999 comedy Big Daddy and wrote the screenplay with Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler.Franks graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1991 with a Bachelor of Art degree in English. He also attended a graduate program at Loyola Marymount University.Franks also created the USA Network original series Psych, and created the band The Friendly Indians who made the theme song. He wrote several episodes:The extended "Pilot""Spellingg Bee""Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece" (with Berman)"Woman Seeking Dead Husband — Smokers Okay, No Pets""From the Earth to the Starbucks""Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast" (With James Roday)"American Duos" (With James Roday)"65 Million Years Off""Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead" (With James Roday)(directed)"Ghosts""Six Feet Under the Sea""Tuesday the 17th""Extradition: British Columbia" (directed)"Bollywood Homicide""A Very Juliet Episode""Think Tank""Romeo and Juliet and Juliet" (directed)"Extradition ll: The Actual Extradition Part" (directed)"Shawn Rescues Darth Vader" (directed)"Indiana Shawn and the Temple of the Kinda Crappy, Rusty Old Dagger" (directed)"Psych: The Musical" (With Adam Cohen)(directed)
His father was an LAPD cop who liked to call himself 'a trained observer' and wanted to groom his only son to follow in his footsteps. Whenever they went to a restaurant, he would test young Steve by telling him to close his eyes and recall: How many people have hats on? Where is the exit? What's the name on the hostess' nametag?".
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He was a student of the Orange Coast College Film/Video Program.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
DeTour
TV Movie pre-production
Rush Hour
2016
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Psych
TV Series creator - 120 episodes, 2006 - 2014 written by - 27 episodes, 2006 - 2014
Psych: The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus
2008
TV Series written by - 14 episodes
Big Daddy
1999
screenplay / story
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
DeTour
TV Movie executive producer pre-production
Rush Hour
2016
TV Series executive producer - 11 episodes
Psych
2006-2014
TV Series executive producer - 114 episodes
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Psych
TV Series composer - 81 episodes, 2006 - 2014 main title song by - 5 episodes, 2008
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Psych
2008-2014
TV Series 11 episodes
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Psych
TV Series writer - 6 episodes, 2007 - 2012 lyrics - 1 episode, 2013
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
NerdHQ
2011-2013
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Panelist
Inside the Writers' Room
2007
Video documentary short
Himself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Music in a Non-Series
Psych (2006)
2013
ASCAP Award
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
Top Television Series
Psych (2006)
2009
ASCAP Award
ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards
Top Television Series
Psych (2006)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Direction of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Psych (2006)
2014
OFTA Television Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Writing of a Motion Picture or Miniseries
Psych (2006)
2000
Razzie Award
Razzie Awards
Worst Screenplay
Big Daddy (1999)
Known for movies
Big Daddy (1999) as Writer
Psych (2006-2014) as Writer
Psych: The Big Adventures of Little Shawn and Gus (2008) as Writer
$600,000
