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Explore Stephen Chbosky net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Novelist who wrote and directed screenplays for the adaptation film of his 1999 bestseller novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Other screenplays are screenplays, including The Four Corners of Nowhere and Rent. In this article, we will discover how old is Stephen Chbosky? Who is Stephen Chbosky dating now & how much money does Stephen Chbosky have?

Stephen Chbosky Biography

Stephen Chbosky is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on January 25, 1970 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He was the director on the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower with He directed the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower starring Logan Lerman..

Chbosky was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania. He is the son of Lea (née Meyer), a tax preparer, and Fred G. Chbosky, a steel company executive and consultant to CFOs. Chbosky has a sister, Stacy, who is married to director John Erick Dowdle. He was raised Catholic. As a teenager, Chbosky “enjoyed a good blend of the classics, horror, and fantasy.” He was heavily influenced by J. D. Salinger’s novel The Catcher in the Rye and the writing of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams. Chbosky graduated from Upper St. Clair High School in 1988, around which time he met Stewart Stern, screenwriter of the 1955 James Dean film Rebel Without a Cause. Stern became Chbosky’s “good friend and mentor”, and proved a major influence on Chbosky’s career.

In 1992, Chbosky graduated from the University of Southern California’s screenwriting program. He wrote, directed, and acted in the 1995 independent film The Four Corners of Nowhere, which gained Chbosky his first agent. It also was accepted by the Sundance Film Festival, and became one of the first films shown on the Sundance Channel. In the late 1990s, Chbosky wrote several unproduced screenplays, including ones titled Audrey Hepburn’s Neck and Schoolhouse Rock.

The couple, along with his sister Stacy were Pittsburgh-born kids of the tax accountant Lea Meyer and steelworker Fred Chbosky. He got married to Liz Chbosky in 2010.

He was involved in the creation and producing CBS show, Jericho.

Stephen Chbosky (/ʃ ə ˈ b ɒ s k i / ; 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.

Stephen Chbosky Net Worth

Stephen is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stephen Chbosky's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

His screenwriting degree was awarded by the University of Southern California in 1992. Following college He wrote a number of screenplays which included He graduated from the screenwriting program at the University of Southern California in 1992. After college, he wrote several screenplays, including Audrey Hepburn‘s Neck and Schoolhouse Rock.’s Neck and Schoolhouse Rock.

In 2000, Chbosky edited Pieces, an anthology of short stories. The same year, he worked with director Jon Sherman on a film adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, though the project fell apart by August 2000. Chbosky wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film adaptation of the Broadway rock musical Rent, which received mixed reviews. In late 2005, Chbosky said that he was writing a film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

In the mid-2000s, Chbosky decided, on the advice of his agent, to begin looking for work in television in addition to film. Finding he “enjoyed the people [he met who were working] in television”, Chbosky agreed to serve as co-creator, executive producer, and writer of the CBS serial television drama Jericho, which premiered in September 2006. The series revolves around the inhabitants of the fictional small town of Jericho, Kansas in the aftermath of several nuclear attacks. Chbosky has said the relationship between Jake Green, the main character, and his mother, reflected “me and my mother in a lot of ways”. The first season of Jericho received lackluster ratings, and CBS canceled the show in May 2007. A grassroots campaign to revive the series convinced CBS to renew the series for a second season, which premiered on February 12, 2008, before being canceled once more in March 2008.

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The book, Chbosky’s first novel, was published by MTV Books in 1999, and was an immediate popular success with teenage readers; by 2000, the novel was MTV Books’ best-selling title, and The New York Times noted in 2007 that it had sold more than 700,000 copies and “is passed from adolescent to adolescent like a hot potato”. As of May 2013, the number of copies in print reached over two million. Wallflower also stirred up controversy due to Chbosky’s portrayal of teen sexuality and drug use. The book has been removed from circulation in several schools and appeared on the American Library Association’s 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 lists of the 10 most frequently challenged books. As of July 2013, The Perks of Being a Wallflower has spent over a year on the New York Times Bestseller list, and is published in 31 languages.

Who is Stephen Chbosky Dating?

According to our records, Stephen Chbosky married to Liz Chbosky . As of January 13, 2024, Stephen Chbosky’s is not dating anyone.

Chbosky wrote the screenplay of and directed the film The Perks of Being a Wallflower, based on his novel. Production took place in mid-2011, and the film was released in fall 2012. The film starred Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. Chbosky was nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for the 2013 Writers Guild Awards, and the film won the 2013 Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Feature, as well as the 2013 People’s Choice Award for Best Dramatic Movie.

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In 1994, Chbosky was working on a “very different type of book” than The Perks of Being a Wallflower when he wrote the line, “I guess that’s just one of the perks of being a wallflower.” Chbosky recalled that he “wrote that line. And stopped. And realized that somewhere in that [sentence] was the kid I was really trying to find.” After several years of gestation, Chbosky began researching and writing The Perks of Being a Wallflower, an epistolary novel that follows the intellectual and emotional maturation of a teenager who uses the alias Charlie over the course of his first year of high school. The book is semi-autobiographical; Chbosky has said that he “relate[s] to Charlie[…] But my life in high school was in many ways different.”

Chbosky directed the 2017 film Wonder, co-written by Chbosky, Jack Thorne, and Steve Conrad and based on the 2012 novel of the same name by R. J. Palacio. The film starred Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, and Jacob Tremblay, and was released on November 17, 2017.

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Stephen Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Stephen Chbosky celebrates birthday on January 25 of every year.

Chbosky re-wrote Evan Spiliotopoulos’s original script for the 2017 live action reboot of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, directed by Bill Condon and starring Emma Watson as Belle. Chbosky and Watson developed a close relationship during the production of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. The adaptation was faithful to the original 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast, with all the original musical numbers included. The film was released on March 17, 2017.

Is the book The Perks of Being a Wallflower based on a true story?

Chbosky incorporated both fictional ideas and personal experiences to the novel, making it semi-autobiographical. After five years with these elements in mind, he had the idea of writing the novel during a difficult period in his life.

Why did Stephen Chbosky write The Perks of Being a Wallflower?

Charlie’s friends in The Perks of Being a Wallflower love The Rocky Horror Picture Show, one of the most legendary cult films of all time. Chbosky has said in interviews that the image of a kid standing in a car while driving through a tunnel was what first prompted him to write The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

What is Stephen Chbosky famous for?

Chbosky is most well-known in the literary world for his popular, coming-of-age novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, published by MTV/Pocket Books in February 1999.

Did Stephen Chbosky direct The Perks of Being a Wallflower?

What mental illness does Charlie have in Perks of Being a wallflower?

After being hospitalized for the summer after his best friend commits suicide, Charlie who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), is about to embark on his first year of high school. He fears being known as the weird kid who was hospitalized for the summer and not having any friends.

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