'' I Know My First Name Is Steven '' is a 1989 American television miniseries about kidnap victim Steven Stayner . The two-part miniseries was first broadcast by NBC on May 21 – 22 , 1989 . Screening rights were sold to a number of international television companies including the BBC , which screened the miniseries in mid-July of the following year ; later still , it was released as a feature-length movie . It was nominated as Best Miniseries or Television Film at the 47th Golden Globe Awards and received four Emmy Award nominations
47th Golden Globe Awards
47th Golden Globe Awards
I Know My First Name Is Steven