Stephen Mark "Steve" McEveety (born November 4, 1954) is an American film producer, who has over 40 years experience in senior positions in the entertainment industry.

McEveety is one of six children, and attended Notre Dame High School and Loyola Marymount University. He and his wife Susie have four children. As a child, Steve McEveety appeared in episodes of the TV series' Gunsmoke, My Three Sons, and Star Trek ("Miri", 1966). Later, he worked as an assistant director and production manager.

McEveety worked many years at Mel Gibson's Icon Productions where he executive produced What Women Want, Payback, Anna Karenina, Immortal Beloved, The Man Without a Face and Braveheart, the last of which gained ten Academy Award nominations and received five Oscars. McEveety produced The Passion of the Christ, Airborne, which he also wrote, as well as 187, Paparazzi, and We Were Soldiers.

After completing an exclusive producing deal with Icon, McEveety partnered with David Segel, John Shepherd and Todd Burns to launch Mpower Pictures. The company's first release was the Toronto Award Winning Bella. McEveety produced An American Carol, written & directed by David Zucker, and The Stoning of Soraya M., written & directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh, that took 2nd Runner-up at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival. Through Mpower Pictures McEveety also produced the movie Snowmen (October 2011), which won the Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award, Runner-up, the Dallas International Film Festival Audience Award, the TIFF Sprockets Golden Sprocket Award and the Heartland Crystal Heart Award. Most recently, McEveety produced Machine Gun Preacher with Mpower Pictures, in association with a number of other companies.

In 2015, McEveety went on to produce Man Down, directed by Dito Montiel, starring Shia LaBeouf, Gary Oldman, and Kate Mara. It was released by Lionsgate in late 2016.

Filmography

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

Film

YearFilmCredit
1991Hot Shots!Associate producer
1993The Man Without a FaceExecutive producer
Airborne
1994Immortal BelovedExecutive producer
1995BraveheartExecutive producer
1997Anna KareninaExecutive producer
One Eight Seven
1999PaybackExecutive producer
2000What Women WantExecutive producer
2002We Were Soldiers
2004The Passion of the Christ
Paparazzi
2006BellaExecutive producer
2008The Stoning of Soraya M.
An American Carol
2010Snowmen
2015Man Down
2019The Devil Has a Name

Second unit director or assistant director

YearFilmRole
1980Herbie Goes BananasSecond assistant director
1981The Devil and Max Devlin
Zorro, The Gay Blade
Force: Five
1983Something Wicked This Way ComesFirst assistant director: Special effects
1985Baby: Secret of the Lost LegendFirst assistant director
Real Genius
The Trip to Bountiful
198818 Again!
1989Blood Red

Production manager

YearFilmRole
1985The Trip to BountifulUnit production manager
1990Flatliners
Welcome Home, Roxy CarmichaelProduction manager
1991Hot Shots!Unit production manager
1992Forever Young

Visual effects

YearFilmRole
1979The Black HoleProduction assistant: Miniatures unit
1982TronEffects unit manager

As writer

YearFilm
1993Airborne

Thanks

YearFilmRole
2015Little BoyThe producers wish to thank the following for their assistance

Television

Second unit director or assistant director

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979The SackettsSecond assistant directorTelevision film
1985An Early FrostFirst assistant director
1986The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1988Street of Dreams

As an actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1964The LieutenantVictor
1966Star Trek: The Original SeriesRedheaded BoyS1:E8, "Miri"
1965−66GunsmokeBoyYoung Moreland BoyUncredited
1967Cimarron Strip1st Boy
1964−68My Three SonsBoySecond BoyKennyUncredited

Production manager

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987ThirtysomethingUnit production manager
Right to DieProduction managerTelevision film
1989The Revenge of Al Capone

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