From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Steven Schachter is an American television theatre and film director and screenwriter Much of Schachters success stems from projects on which he has collaborated with William H Macy The two cowrote the cable television movies The Con 1998 A Slight Case of Murder 1999 Door to Door 2002 and The Wool Cap 2004 all of which Schachter directed and in which Macy starred He also has directed numerous other madeforTV movies including an adaptation of David Mamets play The Water Engine which he had directed at the offBroadway Public Theater in 1977 and again at the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway the following year In 2006 he directed the TV movie The Mermaid Chair Schachters latest projects also involve Macy In May 2007 he completed filming the feature The Deal written by and starring Macy which is scheduled for release in 2008 The two are collaborating on Family Man a pilot for a TNT series in which Macy would portray a model husband and father of three who unbeknownst to his family leads a gang of burglars Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Schachter licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia