Stephen Carpenter, born in Weatherford, Texas, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri,[1][2] is an American writer, director, and cinematographer.
[1][2] He has written and directed several thrillers, including Soul Survivors starring Eliza Dushku and Casey Affleck.
[1][2] In 2011, he created the NBC fantasy police procedural drama television series Grimm, which premiered in the 2011 fall season.
Grimm was originally developed for CBS, but did not end up moving forward due to the 2007–08 writers' strike.
[1][2] He lectures on writing and story structure at the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts.