Steven Kunis is an American director based in London.

In early 2024, Steven was nominated for Best Director of a Play at the Off West End Theatre Awards for the critically acclaimed revival of Taylor Mac’s play Hir (Park Theatre 200) starring Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Felicity Huffman. He was previously nominated in the same category in 2021 for the UK Premiere of Young Jean Lee's Straight White Men (Southwark Playhouse), which was named by The Independent as one of the UK's top ten theatre events of the year.

In 2023, Steven directed Joe DiPietro’s F**king Men, which sold out 96 performances over ten weeks, and which ran in London for an additional six weeks in 2024 due to popular demand. He also directed the UK premiere of Tanya Barfield's Bright Half Life (King's Head Theatre), and the world premiere of Shaun McKenna's Rocky Road (Jermyn Street Theatre), the latter of which was listed by The Guardian among the top digital theatre experiences of UK lockdown.

Other directing credits include the UK Debut of The Refugee Orchestra Project at LSO St Luke's, and the acclaimed three-month run of S. Asher Gelman’s Afterglow, for which Steven was again nominated Best Director at the Off West End Awards.

Steven is an ongoing member of the Young Vic Genesis Directors Network, and in 2020 was named an Emerging Leader in the UK Cultural Sector by the Clore Foundation. His work has been supported by Arts Council England, Ambassador Theatre Group, Sonia Friedman Productions, the Directors Charitable Fund, Cameron Mackintosh, and the Clore Duffield Foundation.

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