Latshaw, Steve 1959–

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Latshaw, Steve 1959–

(Patricia McKiou, Vic Savage)

PERSONAL

Born August 13, 1959, in Decatur, IL; son of Donald Dean and Jane Anne (maiden name, Wheeler) Latshaw; married Patricia Ann McKiou, November 27 (some sources cite December 27), 1981 (divorced; children: Ryan Thomas (an actor). Education: Attended Southern Illinois University, 1986. Religion: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Avocational Interests: Reading fiction, collecting old movies, running, swimming.

Career:

Writer, director, producer, and actor. WAND–TV, Decatur, IL, photographer, 1976; WTAO–FM Radio, Murphysboro, IL, announcer and producer, 1982–83, 1987; Carbondale Cable Channel 33, Carbondale, IL, program director, producer, and writer, 1983–87; WESH–TV, Orlando, FL, master control operator, production worker, and announcer, 1987, writer, producer, and host of the series 2 Late, 1988. Sedentary Productions, producer, 1984.

Member:

Elks.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Producer and director, Vampire Trailer Park, Cinemondo, 1991.

Producer and director, Dark Universe, Curb Video, 1993.

Coproducer and director, Biohazard: The Alien Force (also known as Biohazard II), Trimark Pictures, 1995.

Producer and director, Jack–O (also known as Jack O'Lantern), Triboro Entertainment Group, 1995.

(Uncredited) Director of movie–within–the–movie footage, Bikini Drive–In, Metropolis Motion Pictures, 1995.

Director, Death Mask, 1998, MTI Home Video, 2000.

Coproducer, Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit (documentary), Choices Inc., 2002.

Film Appearances:

(As Vic Savage) Cable installer, Jack–O (also known as Jack O'Lantern), Triboro Entertainment Group, 1995.

Bungling waiter, Invisible Dad, A–Pix Entertainment, 1997.

Television Producer; Series:

Southern Illinois Experience, 1984–87.

Bad Home Movie Theatre, 1985–87.

Television Work; Other:

Director, Fishfinger, 1987.

Producer, Amazing Adventures of Capt. Astro, 1987.

Television Appearances; Series:

Southern Illinois Experience, 1984–87.

Bad Home Movie Theatre, 1985–87.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Announcer, "Revenge from the Deep," Superboy (also known as The Adventures of Superboy), syndicated, 1990.

Television Appearances; Other:

Amazing Adventures of Capt. Astro, 1987.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

Not Quite an Angel, Hallmark Entertainment, 1997.

Invisible Dad, A–Pix Entertainment, 1997.

Memorial Day, Artisan Entertainment, 1998.

Hijack (also known as The Last Siege), Artisan Entertainment/Hallmark Entertainment, 1999.

Active Stealth, New City Releasing, 1999.

Counter Measures (also known as Crash Dive 2), Warhead Films, 1999.

Crash Point Zero (also known as Extreme Limits), New City Releasing, 2000.

Agent Red (also based on story by Latshaw), Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2000.

Rangers, Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2000.

Submerged, Paramount Home Video, 2000.

(As Patricia McKiou) Stranded (also known as Black Horizon, On Eagle's Wings, and Space Station), Artisan Entertainment, 2001.

Mach 2, Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2001.

Ablaze, Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2001.

(As McKiou) Gale Force, Artisan Entertainment, 2002.

Scorcher, Cinetel Films, 2002.

Southern Discomfort: Wrestling on the Indie Circuit (documentary), Choices Inc., 2002.

Frogmen Operation Stormbringer (also known as U.S. Seals: Dead or Alive and U.S. Seals 3: Frogmen), Artisan Entertainment/Nu–Image, 2002.

(Uncredited) In Hell (also known as The Savage and The Shu), DEJ Productions/GAGA Communications, 2003.

The Curse of the Komodo, Blockbuster Video, 2004.

Television Movies:

Scorpio One, Sci–Fi Channel, 1998.

Militia, HBO, 2000.

Raptor Island 2: Raptor Planet, Sci–Fi Channel, 2005.

Lightspeed (also known as Stan Lee's "Lightspeed"), Sci–Fi Channel, 2006.

Television Writing; Other:

Fishfinger, 1987.

American Black Beauty, 2005.

Xenophobia, 2006.

ADAPTATIONS

The 1991 film Vampire Trailer Park was based on a story by Latshaw; the film Storm Watch (also known as Code Hunter and Virtual Storm), released by Velocity Home Entertainment in 2002, was also based on a story by Latshaw.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Ziggy's Video Realm, http://www.ziggsvideorealm.com/ columns, February 20, 2003.

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