Adapting the Philip Roth novelWhen you think of directors who might be natural fits to bring works by acclaimed American authors to the screen, Fisher Stevens may not top the list. In fact, you may not know he’s a director at all. But while many will still associate him with the Short Circuit films or Lost, he’s been steadily carving out a successful (and Oscar-winning for dolphin doc The Cove) career as a producer for the last decade.