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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Biography from TMDB.
- January 25, 1970 (56)
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Writer, director and producer
- 10 on MovieCove · 16 credits in all
What are Stephen Chbosky's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 8
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 4
A split, not a type: Grounded 4 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 1
Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
A split, not a type: Steady 3 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 6
Resolved 4 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy3
- Bittersweet4
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Stephen Chbosky's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Stephen Chbosky's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
16 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Nonnas(2025)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Two Lives in Pittsburgh(2023)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Dear Evan Hansen(2021)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Wonder(2017)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Beauty and the Beast(2017)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all filmsLeaving Vogue Moran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
The Poughkeepsie Tapes(2007)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Jericho(2006)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows
Rent(2005)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Brutally Normal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
The Four Corners of Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
A Thousand Boy Kisses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
A Thousand Broken Pieces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Weekend Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 15 titles, 12 of them dated from 1995 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Highest rated
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Most popular right now
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
2 major awards from 6 major nominations, 1995–2026.
- Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
- Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Adapted Screenplay
- Independent Spirit Award, won · Best First Feature
- Sundance award, nominated · Dramatic
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Stephen Chbosky's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 75th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 73rd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 10 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 52/100 and the plot and story 53/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Stephen Chbosky's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Stephen Chbosky work with?
People who share at least 2 of Stephen Chbosky's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Emma Watson shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Emma WatsonShared titles: Beauty and the Beast (2017), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)See all 2 shared titles with Emma Watson
Composers and editors
- Anne McCabeShared titles: Nonnas (2025), Dear Evan Hansen (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Anne McCabe
- Marcelo ZarvosShared titles: Nonnas (2025), Wonder (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Marcelo Zarvos
Producers
- Kelsey Nicolle ScottShared titles: Nonnas (2025), Dear Evan Hansen (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Kelsey Nicolle Scott
- Alexander YoungShared titles: Beauty and the Beast (2017), Wonder (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Alexander Young
- David HobermanShared titles: Beauty and the Beast (2017), Wonder (2017)See all 2 shared titles with David Hoberman
- Todd LiebermanShared titles: Beauty and the Beast (2017), Wonder (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Todd Lieberman
