# Steven Schachter

Steven Schachter is an American television, theatre, and film director, and screenwriter.
Much of Schachter's success stems from projects on which he has collaborated with William H. Macy. The two co-wrote the cable television movies The Con (1998), A Slight Case of Murder (1999), Door to Door (2002), and The Wool Cap (2004), all of which Schachter directed and in which Macy starred. He also has directed numerous other made-for-TV movies, including an adaptation of David Mamet's play The Water Engine, which he had directed at the off-Broadway Public Theater in 1977 and again at the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway the following year. In 2006 he directed the TV movie The Mermaid Chair. In May 2007, he completed filming the feature The Deal, written by and starring Macy.

## Filmography
### Television films

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
| 1983 | Journey's End | Yes | No | No |
| 1992 | Getting Up and Going Home | Yes | No | No |
| 1992 | The Water Engine | Yes | No | No |
| 1995 | Lady Killer | Yes | No | No |
| 1995 | Above Suspicion | Yes | Yes | No |
| 1995 | Legacy of Sin: The William Coit Story | Yes | No | No |
| 1996 | Every Woman's Dream | Yes | Yes | No |
| 1996 | To Face Her Past | Yes | No | No |
| 1998 | The Con | Yes | Yes | No |
| 1998 | To Live Again | Yes | No | No |
| 1999 | A Slight Case of Murder | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2000 | For All Time | Yes | No | No |
| 2002 | Door to Door | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2002 | Just a Walk in the Park | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2004 | It Must Be Love | Yes | No | No |
| 2004 | The Wool Cap | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2005 | The Engagement Ring | Yes | No | No |
| 2006 | The Mermaid Chair | Yes | No | No |
| 2008 | The Deal | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2008 | Family Man | Yes | Yes | Executive |
| 2010 | Unanswered Prayers | Yes | No | No |

### Television series

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Episode |
| 1990 | ABC Afterschool Specials | Yes | No | ''All That Glitters'' |
| 1991 | Thirtysomething | No | Yes | ''Sifting the Ashes'' |
| 1992 | Home Fires | No | Yes | ''Fathers and Sons'' |
| 2012 | Shameless | No | Yes | ''Can I Have a Mother'' |

### Theatrical films

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Assistant to John Schlesinger |
| 1986 | Firewalker | Dialogue coach: Mr. Norris |

## As theatrical director

| Year | Title |
| 1976 | A View from a Bridge |
| 1977 | Mert & Phil |
| 1978 | Ashes |
| 1985 | The Water Engine |
| 1988 | Big Time: Scenes from a Service Economy |
| 1989 | Stained Glass |
| 1990 | The Pink Studio |

## Awards and nominations
### Awards

* 1999 Lone Star Film & Television Award for Best TV Teleplay (The Con)
* 2000 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Television Feature or Miniseries (A Slight Case of Murder)
* 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Door to Door)
* 2003 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Door to Door)

### Nominations

* 2003 Humanitas Prize for Writing, Television Movie 90 Minutes or Longer (Door to Door)
* 2003 Writers Guild of America Award (Door to Door)
* 2005 Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie (The Wool Cap)
* 2005 Writers Guild of America Award (The Wool Cap)