From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Steven Wayne Koren is an American screenwriter. He was one of the writers for the movies Bruce Almighty, Click, Superstar, and A Night at the Roxbury, and wrote for Saturday Night Live and Seinfeld. Koren grew up in Queens, New York with two older sisters and attended Cardozo High School in Bayside Queens. He performed in many high school plays and musicals including Tony in West Side Story, and the following year the Elvis character in the play Bye Bye Birdie. He went to college at the Binghamton University. After college, he began his career as an NBC page. Among his duties as a page was working for Saturday Night Live. He eventually became a writer for the series. Later, he became a writer for Seinfeld. In the Seinfeld episode "The Van Buren Boys", one of the characters is named Steve Koren. He also wrote the famous "Serenity Now" episode. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Koren, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Biography from TMDB.
- Queens, New York, USA
- Producer and writer
- 15 on MovieCove · 17 credits in all
What are Steve Koren's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 1 · Earnest 6
Light 7 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
Grounded 5 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 2 · Intense 1
A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 5
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 1
Casual 8 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 7 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet2
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 Steve Koren's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Steve Koren'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
17 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Pixels(2015)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Blended(2014)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Veep(2012)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
A Thousand Words(2012)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Jack and Jill(2011)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Just Go with It(2011)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Grown Ups(2010)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Evan Almighty(2007)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Click(2006)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Bruce Almighty(2003)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
H.U.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Superstar(1999)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
A Night at the Roxbury(1998)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Seinfeld(1989)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Saturday Night Live(1975)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Career shape
A full career of 16 titles from 1975 to 2015.
Film career
- 2015Screen debut· Pixels
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.
How do Steve Koren's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 31/100 and the plot and story 30/100 in their films, across 7 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 Steve Koren's work okay for kids?
Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.
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 Steve Koren work with?
People who share at least 2 of Steve Koren's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Adam Sandler shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Frank CoraciShared titles: Blended (2014), Click (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Frank Coraci
Writers
- Mark O'KeefeShared titles: Click (2006), Bruce Almighty (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Mark O'Keefe
Actors
- Adam SandlerShared titles: Blended (2014), Jack and Jill (2011), Click (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Adam Sandler
- Christopher WalkenShared titles: Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007), Click (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Walken
- Molly ShannonShared titles: Superstar (1999), A Night at the Roxbury (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Molly Shannon
- Will FerrellShared titles: Superstar (1999), A Night at the Roxbury (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Will Ferrell
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Rupert Gregson-WilliamsShared titles: Blended (2014), Jack and Jill (2011), Click (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Rupert Gregson-Williams
- Tom CostainShared titles: Blended (2014), Jack and Jill (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Tom Costain
- John DebneyShared titles: A Thousand Words (2012), Bruce Almighty (2003)See all 2 shared titles with John Debney
- Dean SemlerShared titles: Click (2006), Bruce Almighty (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Dean Semler
Producers
- Jack GiarraputoShared titles: Blended (2014), Jack and Jill (2011), Click (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Jack Giarraputo
- Tim HerlihyShared titles: Blended (2014), Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture Nation (2007), Click (2006)See all 3 shared titles with Tim Herlihy
- Aimee KeenShared titles: Blended (2014), Click (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Aimee Keen
- Barry BernardiShared titles: Blended (2014), Click (2006)See all 2 shared titles with Barry Bernardi
Mixed roles
- Allen CovertShared titles: Blended (2014), Jack and Jill (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Allen Covert
