Steve Wilburn

Director, Producer and Screenwriter

Chicago, Illinois

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About Steve

Steve Wilburn graduated with honors from Columbia College in 1988, with a Bachelors Degree in Film and Video Production.

After graduation, Steve served as a sound engineer for Zenith/db Sound working on dozens of feature films (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, Music Box, God’s Will, Blood Harvest, The Borrower, Perfect Model, City of Men, War Zones, etc) , also numerous documentaries, film shorts, and hundreds of commercials.

Working as a freelancer: associate producer on Butch Camp, in 1996 and went on to work on Ali and The Newton Boys and more. In 2000, Steve served as a producer on Convergence With Angels, which was voted best American "Dogma" film ever made.
In 1997, Steve turned to screenwriting and many of his screenplays have been finalists in screenwriting competitions. In November of 2010 one of his screenplays was the winner of the Chicago Advanced Screenwriter’s Group Screenwriting contest. In 2014 Steve was named one of the “Top 16 Emerging Screenwriters” in a contest conducted by The International Screenwriter’s Association.

From 1999 until 2008 Steve was a board member of the Chicago Screenwriters Network, leading meetings, screenplay discussions, and providing screenplay feedback. (Member from 1996 to present)

In 2009, Steve opened his own independent production company, Windy City Images, assembling the best filmmakers in the Midwest to make top quality films. With Windy City Images, Steve is currently working on a slate of films in various stages of production; many of which are being filmed in the Midwest.

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Pirate Alley Budget: $10M - $30M | Action ⋄ Historical A True-Story thriller of retired American couples sailing through the Gulf of Aden (Pirate Alley) who are attacked by Muslim terrorist pirates using AK-47s intent to murder them and take their boats. With a shot gun on one yacht and the steel hull of the other yacht they do what many humongous ships can’t or won’t do; they fight back and emerge VICTORIOUS!
On The Ropes Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Drama This is the true story of a reckless up and coming boxer who is in a motorcycle accident, loses his leg but regains his passion to make the greatest professional sports comeback of all-time!
Notorious P.I.G. Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Drama When an undercover cop grows tired of warring with the gangbangers and attending young people’s funerals he gets into a battle rap with one of them and it goes viral around the world. He finally finds his way to reach the kids but will the gang leaders reach him first with a hit they put out on him.
I'll Be There Budget: $10M - $30M | Historical ⋄ Drama 1: What would you do if the world’s biggest superstar suddenly invited himself along on your family vacation? 2: When the Goldstein’s take their son’s new best friend Macauly Culkin on their quiet little get-away it turns into a fun-filled, escapist dream when Michael Jackson joins the vacation for the TRIP of a life time!