Stephen Schiff is an American screenwriter and producer. He is best known for penning the screenplay for films like Lolita (1997) and True Crime (1999). Notable television credits include Ultimate Rush and The Americans, both of which he also served as an executive producer in. Other significant film credits as a writer include The Deep End of the Ocean (1999), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010) and the 2017 action thriller American Assassin.