Douglas Day Stewart

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Douglas Day Stewart with wife and daughter at a premiere in Sydney (2012)

Douglas Day Stewart (born January 1940 ) is an American screenwriter , film producer and film director .

Life

Douglas Day Stewart joined the United States Navy in 1962 and became Officer Of the Deck after three years of service, including serving in the Vietnam War . After graduating from the University of Southern California , Stewart first wrote an episode screenplay for the television series in 1971. Stewart also adapted the novel The Blue Lagoon to the romance film The Blue Lagoon , before processing his own time in the Navy into the film An Officer and a Gentleman . The love drama starring Richard Gere and Debra Winger was his biggest success to date. He was awarded an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1983 .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1971–1972: Room 222 (TV series, 4 episodes)
  • 1972: Bonanza (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1973: The Man Who Could Talk to Kids
  • 1974: Murder or Mercy
  • 1976: The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
  • 1980: The Blue Lagoon (The Blue Lagoon)
  • 1982: An Officer and a Gentleman
  • 1984: Dreams Come True at Night (Thief of Hearts)
  • 1989: The Great Challenge (Listen to Me)
  • 1995: The Scarlet Letter (The Scarlet Letter)

Awards (selection)

Oscar
Golden Raspberry

Web links

Commons : Douglas Day Stewart  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Douglas Day Stewart on radaris.com , accessed January 17, 2012
  2. ^ Rex Steven Sikes: Douglas Day Stewart | Screenwriter | Director on actorsandcrew.com January 4, 2010, accessed January 18, 2012
  3. ↑ Wayne Lewis: Brighde Mullins to Lead MPW Program ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on usc.edu April 1, 2008, accessed January 18, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dornsife.usc.edu
personal data
SURNAME Stewart, Douglas Day
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American screenwriter, film producer and film director
DATE OF BIRTH January 1940