Steve Franks is an American screenwriter, director and musician based in Orange County, California. He is best known as the creator of the USA Network original series Psych.

Steve Franks
Franks at Comic Con, San Diego, July 18, 2013
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Irvine (B.A.)
Loyola Marymount University (M.A.)
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, Director
Height6 ft 9 in (206 cm)
SpouseApril McDonald
Children2

Education

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Franks graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1991 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.[1] He also attended a graduate program at Loyola Marymount University.[1]

Career

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He devised the story for the 1999 comedy Big Daddy and wrote the screenplay with Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler. It went on to be the seventh highest-grossing film of 1999, and was Sandler's highest-grosser domestically until Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015).[2]

Franks created Psych, about a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened observational skills"[3] and impressive eidetic memory allow him to convince people that he solves cases with psychic abilities. Psych debuted on Friday, July 7, 2006. He also created the band The Friendly Indians, which recorded the show's theme song. He wrote several episodes of the series, and also directed many. Franks co-wrote and directed Psych: The Movie, a two-hour USA Network TV movie, which aired on December 7, 2017. On February 14, 2019, it was announced Psych: The Movie 2 was greenlit and all the main cast would return for the TV movie.[4] Psych 3: This is Gus was released on Peacock November 18, 2021.

Franks also served as an executive producer and the showrunner on the CBS series Rush Hour, which was cancelled in May 2016.

Filmography (Psych)

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References

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  1. ^ a b "STEVE FRANKS, CREATOR/WRITER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER". Psych. USA Network. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  2. ^ "Adam Sandler Movie Box Office Results". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. ^ Season 1, episode 11: "My heightened observational skills are considered a gift by many many people, but I'm here to tell you, they can be a burden."
  4. ^ USA Network (February 14, 2019). "Psych: The Movie 2 Is Coming to USA Network Later This Year!". USA Network.
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