Douglas Day Stewart
- Known For
- Writing
- Active Years
- 1959–2024 (66 Years)
- Total Credits
- 24 credits in database
Biography
Douglas Day Stewart is an American screenwriter and film director born on January 1, 1940, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated from San Marino High School in 1958 and Claremont Men’s College in 1962. Stewart was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman. His work spans film and television, with known credits including The Blue Lagoon, The Scarlet Letter, Bonanza, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, Thief of Hearts, Cannon, and Listen to Me. His roles in the industry include writer, director, editor, teleplay writer, associate producer, original film writer, screenplay writer, and story contributor. He is married to Judith Gersten and was previously married to Ally Downs and Joani Stewart.
Career overview
Douglas Day Stewart was born on January 1, 1940, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated from San Marino High School in 1958 and Claremont Men’s College in 1962. Stewart is an American screenwriter and film director whose work spans both film and television.
He is known for writing the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His extensive list of credits across his career includes work as a writer, director, editor, teleplay writer, associate producer, original film writer, and story contributor. Some of the notable projects associated with his career include The Blue Lagoon, The Scarlet Letter, Bonanza, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, Thief of Hearts, Cannon, and Listen to Me.
Throughout his career, Stewart has accumulated a substantial number of known credits in the entertainment industry. In his personal life, he has been married to Judith Gersten, and he was previously married to Ally Downs and Joani Stewart.
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Career timeline
Full Filmography
24 titles- What About Love (2024) Writer
- The Scarlet Letter (1995) Screenplay
- Silver Strand (1995) Writer
- Listen to Me (1989) Director
- Listen to Me (1989) Writer
- Thief of Hearts (1984) Director
- Thief of Hearts (1984) Writer
- An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Associate Producer
- An Officer and a Gentleman (1982) Writer
- The Blue Lagoon (1980) Writer
- The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II (1978) Writer
- The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) Writer
- The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) Teleplay
- The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) Story
- Gone with the West (1975) Writer
- The Last Survivors (1975) Writer
- The White Dawn (1974) Editor
- Murder or Mercy (1974) Writer
- The Man Who Could Talk to Kids (1973) Writer
- Cannon (1971) Writer
- The Psychiatrist (1971) Director
- Room 222 (1969) Writer
- Bonanza (1959) Writer
- An Officer and a Gentleman Remake Original Film Writer
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Douglas Day Stewart is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including The Scarlet Letter (1995), Silver Strand (1995), Thief of Hearts (1984), Thief of Hearts (1984).
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Douglas Day Stewart has accumulated over 24 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1959 to 2024.
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Douglas Day Stewart is an American screenwriter and film director born on January 1, 1940, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated from San Marino High School in 1958 and Claremont Men’s College in 1962. Stewart was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentlem...
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