Stephen Zoller (born 1952) is a Canadian film and television writer and producer.Robert Paton, "Stephen Zoller: His quiet revolution". Cinema Canada, April 1980. He is most noted for the film Metal Messiah, for which he received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 28th Canadian Film Awards in 1977.Frank Daley, "Omens good for film awards show". Ottawa Journal, November 19, 1977.
He began his career as a partner with Tibor Takács in the independent film studio Mega-Media Productions.Robert Martin, "New TV movie is based on London work". The Globe and Mail, July 4, 1979. He initially wrote Metal Messiah as a stage musical in 1975, before working with Takács to readapt it as a film.
Zoller and Takács then collaborated on the feature film The Tomorrow Man (1981), also known as 984: Prisoner of the Future.Lloyd Wasser, "Tibor Takács' The Tomorrow Man". Cinema Canada, July 1981. Their 1983 short film Snow was a Genie Award nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984.Carole Corbeil, "Does anybody care about Genie shorts and documentaries?". The Globe and Mail, March 16, 1984.
He later wrote other screenplays including Office Party and Windsor Protocol, and episodes of the television series Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Charlie Jade.
References
External links