Steve Franks

For those of a similar name, see Steven Frank (disambiguation).

Steve Franks
File:Steve Franks by Gage Skidmore.jpg Franks at Comic Con, San Diego, July 18, 2013
Residence	Orange County, California
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of California, Irvine (B.A.) Loyola Marymount University (M.A.)
Occupation	Screenwriter
Spouse(s)	April McDonald
Children	2

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 Arts 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)

He is currently Executive Producer and Showrunner on the upcoming CBS series Rush Hour.

External links

• Steve Franks at the Internet Movie Database
• Steve Franks bio at the USA Network