When he was 19 years old, Steven Conrad sold his first screenplay, for Wrestling Ernest Hemingway. In the nearly 40 years since, the Florida native has gone on to write Oscar-nominated films (The Pursuit of Happyness) and create acclaimed TV series (Patriot), but he’s found a kind of career landmark with DTF St. Louis, his savvy exploration of middle-aged friendship and sexuality among Floyd (David Harbour), his wife, Carol (Linda Cardellini), and his new friend Clark (Jason Bateman). “I don’t think I’d been nominated for anything before,” Conrad says. Now he’s up for Emmys for producing, writing and directing the HBO limited series —…
