Occupation Screenwriter, teacher Spouse Merilee Stiles Role Screenwriter | Name Stewart Stern Years active 1947–2015 Education University of Iowa | |
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Died February 2, 2015, Seattle, Washington, United States Books No Tricks in My Pocket: Paul Newman Directs Movies Rebel Without a Cause, Rachel - Rachel, The Last Movie, Fright Night, The Ugly American Similar People Nicholas Ray, Ernest Haller, Sal Mineo, Leonard Rosenman, George Englund |
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Stewart Henry Stern (March 22, 1922 – February 2, 2015) was an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), starring James Dean.
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- The writer speaks stewart stern part 1
- Screenwriting and a changing hollywood stewart stern
- Writing
- Personal life
- Partial filmography
- References

Screenwriting and a changing hollywood stewart stern
Writing

In addition to Rebel Without a Cause, Stern's most notable screenwriting credits include Sybil, which garnered Emmy awards for both Stern and Sally Field, The Rack starring Paul Newman, The James Dean Story directed by Robert Altman, The Outsider starring Tony Curtis, The Ugly American starring Marlon Brando, Rachel, Rachel starring Joanne Woodward and The Last Movie directed by Dennis Hopper. He is also author of the book No Tricks in My Pocket: Paul Newman Directs, watching the discovery in Paul Newman's direction for the filming of The Glass Menagerie.
Personal life

Stern was the nephew of Adolph Zukor, founder of Paramount Pictures. He was a veteran of World War II, during which he fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was the subject of the documentary Going Through Splat: The Life And Work Of Stewart Stern.

Stern taught a course in Seattle called 'The Personal Connection' at TheFilmSchool. He also taught each year at the Sundance Institute.

Stern died of cancer at the age of 92 in Seattle, Washington.
Partial filmography
