---
name: "J. David Stem"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/j-david-stem"
fi1m_id: "j-david-stem"
imdb_id: "nm0826425"
tmdb_id: 12084
wikidata_id: "Q6188524"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 June 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T07:44:15.867616+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# J. David Stem

## Identity

J. David Stem

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/j-david-stem
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** j-david-stem
- **IMDb ID:** nm0826425
- **TMDB ID:** 12084
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6188524
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6188524, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0826425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12084

Writer. Born 26 June 1973 in Durham, North Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 June 1973, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- **Active:** 2004–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [David N. Weiss](https://film.one/person/david-n-weiss.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6188524, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0826425/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12084

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Shrek 2*](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md) (80)

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## Biography

J. David Stem is an American screenwriter. Born on 26 June 1973 in Durham, North Carolina, he has worked extensively in animation and family films, often in collaboration with writing partner David N. Weiss.

His feature credits include the screenplay for *Shrek 2* (2004), *Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius* (2001), *Are We There Yet?* (2005), *The Smurfs* (2011) and *The Smurfs 2* (2013). He contributed to *The Rugrats Movie* (1998), *Rugrats in Paris: The Movie* (2000) and the *Rugrats* television series, for which he received Emmy nominations.

Stem also wrote for *Clockstoppers* (2002), *Daddy Day Camp* (2007) and provided the story for *Disenchanted* (2022).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, the-numbers.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Shrek 2* (2004), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Disenchanted* (2022), Story
- *The Smurfs 2* (2013), Screenplay, Story
- *The Smurfs* (2011), Screenplay, Story
- *Daddy Day Camp* (2007), Screenplay
- *Are We Done Yet?* (2007), Writer
- *Zoom* (2006), Writer
- *Are We There Yet?* (2005), Screenplay
- *Shrek 2* (2004), Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shrek-2.md)
- *Clockstoppers* (2002), Writer, Story
- *Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius* (2001), Screenplay
- *Rugrats in Paris: The Movie* (2000), Writer
- *Mission Hill* (1999), series, Writer
- *The Rugrats Movie* (1998), Writer
- *The Christmas Story Keepers* (1998), Story Editor
- *A Rugrats Chanukah* (1996), Script, Co-Producer
- *Rugrats* (1991), series, Writer, Story

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