Steven originally started honing his writing and visual skills in Advertising as a Copywriter/Art Director in the 1990s, winning several awards for his creative work. He went on to teach Art, Design and Illustration in colleges for many years (and still does) before deciding to have a go at writing a screenplay, as he has been a lifelong movie fan, since his mother took him to see all the Disney films in his childhood.

Overwhelming Darkness has won 24 screenplay competitions in 2024 so far, including first place in the Thriller Screenplay contest at the Best Script Awards, London, Best Thriller Screenplay Winner at the Berlin International Screenwriting Festival, Best International Feature Script Winner at the Miami Film Critic Award and Best International Screenplay at the Indie Vegas Film Festival. It has been a semi-finalist in the Page Turner Feature Screenplay Competition, and a quarter finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition, the Table Read My Screenplay Competition – Hollywood, and also in the Feature Length – Filmmatic Drama Screenplay Awards.

In 2023 Steven completely rewrote the script, to really polish it and tighten it up, to make it the best commercial version possible. He is currently turning Overwhelming Darkness into a Graphic Novel with a digital illustration company in Torino, Italy, and writing it as a novella/film novel as well.

For his second screenplay, Elsewhere Toronto, he was asked to collaborate on a story idea by a writer/director/editor friend from Toronto, and this process is still ongoing.

Steven is also an artist/illustrator and has produced many commissioned works for private clients throughout the world. His Pop Art style portraits focus on Rock Stars, Movie Idols and Sports Heroes.

He has also started to write about his experiences of living with Motor Neurone Disease(ALS), since he was diagnosed with the condition back in December 2020.
He is currently doing research for a screenplay idea, based around his condition.