Steve White (producer)
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Steve White is a film producer
. He was a network executive at NBC
, where responsible for some of the highest-rated TV films of the 1980s. Among them were An Early Frost
, which tackled AIDS
; The Burning Bed
, which exposed spousal abuse; and Adam, a film about missing children. He left NBC's movie and miniseries department to run New World Pictures and later formed his own production company
, Steve White Entertainment, in 1988 and went on to produce more than 30 TV movies. In 1997, White formed Singer/White Entertainment with his wife, producer Sheri Singer. The two produced 10 TV movies during the past two seasons. He then returned to NBC in 2000.
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
. He was a network executive at NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, where responsible for some of the highest-rated TV films of the 1980s. Among them were An Early Frost
An Early Frost
An Early Frost was a 1985 TV movie, and the first major film to deal with the topic of HIV/AIDS. It was first broadcast on the NBC television network on November 11, 1985...
, which tackled AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
; The Burning Bed
The Burning Bed
The Burning Bed is a non-fiction book by Faith McNulty about battered Dansville, Michigan, housewife Francine Hughes. It was adapted to a film with screenplay by Rose Leiman Goldemberg. After thirteen years of domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, James Berlin Hughes, she set fire to the...
, which exposed spousal abuse; and Adam, a film about missing children. He left NBC's movie and miniseries department to run New World Pictures and later formed his own production company
Production company
A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...
, Steve White Entertainment, in 1988 and went on to produce more than 30 TV movies. In 1997, White formed Singer/White Entertainment with his wife, producer Sheri Singer. The two produced 10 TV movies during the past two seasons. He then returned to NBC in 2000.
Producer
- Amityville DollhouseAmityville DollhouseAmityville Dollhouse is the eighth and final installment in the original Amityville Horror saga, released directly to video in 1996. Lionsgate Home Entertainment released the film on DVD in 2004...
(1996) - Live Nude GirlsLive Nude Girls (film)Live Nude Girls is a 1995 comedy film featuring Dana Delany, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Stevenson, Laila Robins, Olivia d'Abo and others. The film writer and director Julianna Lavin plays the role of a minor character.-Plot:...
(1995)
Executive Producer
- Halloweentown HighHalloweentown HighHalloweentown High is a 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie released in October 2004 for the holiday of Halloween. This is the third in the Halloweentown series. It is also the last Halloweentown film to feature Kimberly J...
(2004) - 1st to Die1st to Die1st to Die is the first book in the Women's Murder Club series, written by James Patterson. The series is about four friends who pool their skills together to crack San Francisco's toughest murder cases...
(2003) - Escape from MarsEscape from MarsEscape from Mars is a made for TV movie produced for the UPN Network. The story is about five astronauts who make the first manned trip to Mars.The movie was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada....
(1999) - Roswell: The Aliens AttackRoswell: The Aliens AttackRoswell: The Aliens Attack is a made for TV movie produced for the UPN Network. The story is about two aliens who escape from Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 with intentions to blow up the earth. The movie was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-Cast:...
(1999) - Life in a Day (1999)
- HalloweentownHalloweentown (film)Halloweentown is a 1998 Disney Channel Original Movie released in October 1998 to acknowledge the holiday of Halloween.-Plot:The film begins with Marnie Piper and her mother, Gwen, arguing over why she and her younger siblings Dylan and Sophie can never go out for Halloween and wanting to go to a...
(1998) - The Devil's AdvocateThe Devil's Advocate (film)The Devil's Advocate is a 1997 American horror film directed by Taylor Hackford starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino and Charlize Theron, and based on a novel by Andrew Neiderman....
(1997) - Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997)
- Talk to Me (1996)
- She Cried NoShe Cried NoShe Cried No is a 1996 television film drama directed by Bethany Rooney, which starred Candace Cameron Bure and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, both pre-teen idols.-Plot:...
(1996) - A Friend to Die ForA Friend to Die ForA Friend to Die For is a 1994 American TV movie directed by William A. Graham. Written by Randall Sullivan, the film is based on Sullivan's Rolling Stone magazine article concerning the real-life murder of a high school girl by her jealous classmate...
(1994) - Cabin BoyCabin BoyCabin Boy is a 1994 fantasy comedy film directed by Adam Resnick and produced by Tim Burton, which starred comedian Chris Elliott. Elliott co-wrote the film with Adam Resnick...
(1994) - Amityville: A New GenerationAmityville: A New GenerationAmityville: A New Generation is the seventh installment in the Amityville Horror saga. It was released direct to video in 1993. Republic Pictures released this movie in R-rated and unrated versions...
(1993) - Miracle Child (1993)
- The Adventures of Huck FinnThe Adventures of Huck Finn (1993 film)The Adventures of Huck Finn is a 1993 Disney adventure film starring Elijah Wood and Courtney B. Vance; it is based on Mark Twain's novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, though it focuses almost exclusively on the first half of the book...
(1993) - Amityville 1992: It's About Time (1992)
- Day-O (1992)
- Meet the ApplegatesMeet the ApplegatesMeet the Applegates is a 1990 American black comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann. It was filmed in 1989, but not released until 1991. The movie takes a dark, satirical look at the end of the world, nuclear holocausts, alienism and terrorism. Meet the Applegates was filmed in Oshkosh and Neenah,...
(1991) - A Mom for ChristmasA Mom for ChristmasA Mom for Christmas is a 1990 fantasy/comedy television movie directed by George T. Miller and starring Olivia Newton-John. Based on the book A Mom by Magic by Barbara Dillon, the film originally aired on NBC on December 17, 1990.-Plot:...
(1990) - Amityville: The Evil Escapes (1989)