---
name: "Stephen Schwartz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stephen-schwartz"
fi1m_id: "stephen-schwartz"
imdb_id: "nm0777451"
tmdb_id: 42910
wikidata_id: "Q542484"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "6 March 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T03:17:56.465914+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."
---

# Stephen Schwartz

## Identity

Stephen Schwartz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stephen-schwartz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stephen-schwartz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0777451
- **TMDB ID:** 42910
- **Wikidata ID:** Q542484
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Schwartz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542484, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777451/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42910

Writer and producer. Born 6 March 1948 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 6 March 1948, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Also known as:** Стівен Шварц, Stephen Lawrence Schwartz
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 4 writing, 3 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Ariana Grande](https://film.one/person/ariana-grande.md), [Cynthia Erivo](https://film.one/person/cynthia-erivo.md), [Dana Fox](https://film.one/person/dana-fox.md), [David Stone](https://film.one/person/david-stone.md), [Jonathan Bailey](https://film.one/person/jonathan-bailey.md), [Jon M. Chu](https://film.one/person/jon-m-chu.md), [Marc Platt](https://film.one/person/marc-platt.md), [Michelle Yeoh](https://film.one/person/michelle-yeoh.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscars (3 won · 3 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 66 (3), 2000s 76 (1), 2020s 70 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 63 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Romance 3, Adventure 2, Animation 2, Drama 2, Family 2, Fantasy 2
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,976m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Schwartz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q542484, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0777451/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42910

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Wicked*](https://film.one/film/wicked.md) (70)
- **Netflix:** [*Wicked: For Good*](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Stephen Schwartz is an American composer and lyricist. He wrote the music and lyrics for the stage musical *Wicked* (2003), which formed the basis of the films *Wicked* (2024) and *Wicked: For Good* (2025), on which he is credited for music.

He is known for the stage musicals *Godspell* (1971) and *Pippin* (1972), and for his contributions to animated films including *Pocahontas* (1995), *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996), *The Prince of Egypt* (1998) and *Enchanted* (2007).

Schwartz has received three Academy Awards, three Grammy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, classicfm.com, songhall.org.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Wicked: For Good* (2025), Fi1m 64, Musician, Songs, Executive Producer, Music, Lyricist, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md)
- *Wicked* (2024), Fi1m 70, Executive Producer, Original Music Composer, Lyricist, Music, Musical — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996), Fi1m 70, Lyricist, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame.md)
- *Pocahontas* (1995), Fi1m 54, Songs, Lyricist — [page](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md)

### Crew (3)

- *You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...* (2026), Fi1m 77, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/you-had-to-be-there-how-the-toronto-godspell-ignited-the-comedy-revolution.md)
- *Enchanted* (2007), Fi1m 76, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md)
- *The Prince of Egypt* (1998), Fi1m 74, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-egypt.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

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

- *You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...* (2026), Music — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/you-had-to-be-there-how-the-toronto-godspell-ignited-the-comedy-revolution.md)
- *Wicked: For Good* (2025), Lyricist, Executive Producer, Original Music Composer, Musician, Songs — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md)
- *Wicked: One Wonderful Night* (2025), Music, Lyricist, Executive Music Producer, Thanks
- *Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert* (2025), Music, Lyricist
- *Wicked* (2024), as Emerald City Guard (uncredited) · Original Music Composer, Executive Producer, Musical, Lyricist — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md)
- *The Prince of Egypt: The Musical* (2023), Music, Musical, Songs, Lyricist
- *Children of Eden Jr.* (2023), Writer
- *Disenchanted* (2022), Lyricist
- *Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook* (2021), Writer, Music
- *tick, tick... BOOM!* (2021), as Aspiring Composers and Lyricists — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/tick-tick-boom.md)
- *Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook* (2021), Writer
- *Leonard Bernstein Mass* (2020), Lyricist
- *A Very Wicked Halloween: Celebrating 15 Years on Broadway* (2018), Music, Songs
- *Godspell* (2017), Music
- *Russian Broadway Shut Down* (2014), Actor
- *Enchanted* (2007), as Songs — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/enchanted.md)
- *Geppetto* (2000), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Prince of Egypt* (1998), as Songs — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-prince-of-egypt.md)
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1996), Lyricist, Songs — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hunchback-of-notre-dame.md)
- *Pocahontas* (1995), as Songs · Lyricist — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/pocahontas.md)
- *Jagger und Spaghetti* (1984), Writer
- *The Magic Show* (1983), Music, Songs, Lyricist, Musical
- *Working* (1982), as Songs · Lyricist, Director, Adaptation
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Director, Writer
- *Leonard Bernstein's Mass* (1981), Writer
- *Pippin* (1981), Musical, Songs, Lyricist, Original Music Composer, Writer
- *Godspell* (1973), as Songs · Music, Musical, Original Music Composer
- *Marley*, Musical
- *Hunchback*, Lyricist

## Gallery

- ![Closing night curtain call at the St. James Theatre, December 21, 2025 (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/7659/gallery-7d020851c5ec.jpg) Closing night curtain call at the St. James Theatre, December 21, 2025 (2026) — Brooks patty, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Queen_of_Versailles_closing_night.jpg/1280px-Queen_of_Versailles_closing_night.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stephen Schwartz photographed on the opening night of Funny Girl at the August Wilson Theatre, April 24, 2022](https://film.one/media/person/7659/gallery-2e0a31c4dc40.jpg) Stephen Schwartz photographed on the opening night of Funny Girl at the August Wilson Theatre, April 24, 2022 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/StephenSchwartz-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Stephen Schwartz receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/7659/gallery-2444f6187a4d.jpg) Stephen Schwartz receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. (2008) — Melesse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Stephen_Schwartz.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Composer Stephen Schwartz gathers with members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus at the Artists Portal at the National AIDS Memorial Grove on World AIDS Day (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/7659/gallery-19676e9a7ecf.jpg) Composer Stephen Schwartz gathers with members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus at the Artists Portal at the National AIDS Memorial Grove on World AIDS Day (2018) — Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Stephen_Schwartz_20181201-6013.jpg/1280px-Stephen_Schwartz_20181201-6013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Stephen Schwartz](https://film.one/media/person/7659/gallery-9e5a1124dfdd.jpg) Stephen Schwartz — Image via TMDB
- ![Composer Stephen Schwartz gathers with members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus at the Artists Portal at the National AIDS Memorial Grove on World AIDS Day (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/7659/gallery-fb4cc8225b49.jpg) Composer Stephen Schwartz gathers with members of the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus at the Artists Portal at the National AIDS Memorial Grove on World AIDS Day (2018) — Pax Ahimsa Gethen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Stephen_Schwartz_20181201-6013_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Stephen Schwartz signing autographs (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/7659/gallery-b385837ff084.jpg) Stephen Schwartz signing autographs (2017) — JoanBigwood, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Stephen_Schwartz_signing_autographs.jpg/1280px-Stephen_Schwartz_signing_autographs.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 3 won, 3 nominated

- 2025: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Wicked*
- 1999: Best Original Song (won), for *When You Believe*
- 1999: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score (nominated), for *The Prince of Egypt*
- 1997: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score (nominated), for *The Hunchback of Notre Dame*
- 1996: Best Original Musical or Comedy Score (won), for *Pocahontas*
- 1996: Best Original Song (won), for *Colors of the Wind*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 1996: Best Original Song (won), for *Colors of the Wind*

### Other awards — 7 won, 5 nominated

- Isabelle Stevenson Award 2015: Isabelle Stevenson Award (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album 2005: Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album (won), for *Wicked*
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics 2004: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics (won)
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical 2004: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical (won)
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 2004: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Wicked*
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song 1998: Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song (won), for *When You Believe*
- Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media 1996: Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (won), for *Colors of the Wind*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1987: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Rags*
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical 1978: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical (won)
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1978: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Working*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1977: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Godspell (musical)*
- Tony Award for Best Original Score 1973: Tony Award for Best Original Score (nominated), for *Pippin*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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