Stephen Traxler
- Production Manager
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephen Traxler was born in 1945. He graduated from Canoga Park High
School in Canoga Park, California in 1963. Traxler worked as a bit
player and production assistant around Hollywood prior to serving as an
infantryman in Vietnam. In the mid 70s Stephen was operating a radio
station near Mammoth Mountain when he broke his leg and was forced to
live in the home of a lady friend who resided in Venice, California.
Traxler was inspired by the city's canals to write the script for the
creature feature horror opus "Spawn of the Slithis." "Spawn of the
Slithis" was shot in 12 days on a budget of 100,000 dollars. The film
reportedly grossed $11 million at the box office during its domestic
theatrical release (Stephen alas never received any money from the
movie's profits) and has since gone on to amass a small, yet fervent
cult following amongst aficionados of fun'n'funky low-budget 70's
drive-in fright fare. Traxler has continued to work in the motion
picture business: He wrote, directed, and produced the made-for-TV
movie "Sam Churchill: Search for a Homeless Man" in 1999. Moreover,
Stephen has not only served as a producer or associate producer on such
films as "Dracula's Widow," "Windtalkers," "Legally Blonde 2: Red,
White & Blonde," and "Out of Time," but has also handled production
supervisor duties on a handful of movies that include "Lookin' to Get
Out," "Invasion U.S.A.," "Gleaming the Cube," "Waterworld," "McHale's
Navy," and "Meet the Deedles."