---
name: "Jeb Stuart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeb-stuart"
fi1m_id: "jeb-stuart"
imdb_id: "nm0835732"
tmdb_id: 7671
wikidata_id: "Q1360963"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "21 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-23T21:14:40.642376+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."
---

# Jeb Stuart

## Identity

Jeb Stuart

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeb-stuart
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeb-stuart
- **IMDb ID:** nm0835732
- **TMDB ID:** 7671
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1360963
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Stuart_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1360963, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835732/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7671

Writer. Born 21 January 1956 in Little Rock.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 21 January 1956, Little Rock
- **Active:** 1988–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Lawrence Gordon](https://film.one/person/lawrence-gordon.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 89 (1), 1990s 63 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 69 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Thriller 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $663m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Stuart_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1360963, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0835732/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7671

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Die Hard*](https://film.one/film/die-hard.md) (89), [*The Fugitive*](https://film.one/film/the-fugitive.md) (88)

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## Biography

Jeb Stuart is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He was born on 21 January 1956 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Stanford University, and is a recipient of a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting.

Stuart's screenwriting credits include *Die Hard* (1988, co-written with Steven E. de Souza), *Leviathan* (1989), *Lock Up* (1989), *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), *The Fugitive* (1993, co-written with David Twohy), *Just Cause* (1995), *Fire Down Below* (1997) and *Switchback* (1997, which he also directed). He created and wrote episodes of the Netflix series *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022–2024) and wrote the miniseries *The Liberator* (2020). He has received nominations for Writers Guild of America and Edgar Allan Poe awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Fugitive* (1993), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fugitive.md)
- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), Fi1m 38, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/another-48-hrs.md)
- *Die Hard* (1988), Fi1m 89, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *East of Eden* (2026), series, Executive Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/east-of-eden.md)
- *Takeover* (2026), Writer
- *Vikings: Valhalla* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Liberator* (2020), series, Writer, Creator
- *Blood Done Sign My Name* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Switchback* (1997), Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
- *Fire Down Below* (1997), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Just Cause* (1995), Screenplay
- *The Fugitive* (1993), Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fugitive.md)
- *Another 48 Hrs.* (1990), Screenplay — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/another-48-hrs.md)
- *Vital Signs* (1990), Screenplay
- *Next of Kin* (1989), Associate Producer
- *Lock Up* (1989), Writer
- *Leviathan* (1989), Screenplay
- *Die Hard* (1988), Screenplay — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/die-hard.md)
- *Lonesome Dove*, series, Executive Producer, Creator

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