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name: "Stewart Stern"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stewart-stern"
roles: ["Screenwriter"]
born: "22 March 1922"
died: "2 February 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T12:47:57.602509+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."
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# Stewart Stern

Screenwriter. Born 22 March 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 2 February 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Screenwriter
- **Born:** 22 March 1922, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 2 February 2015
- **Also known as:** Stewart Henry Stern

## Biography

Stewart Stern was an American screenwriter. Born in New York City on 22 March 1922, he served in the US Army during the Second World War, seeing action in the Battle of the Bulge. He began his career in Hollywood after the war and received an Academy Award nomination for the story of his first feature, *Teresa* (1951).

Stern is best known for the screenplay of *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955). His other credits include *The Rack* (1956), *The Ugly American* (1963), *Rachel, Rachel* (1968), for which he received a second Oscar nomination, *The Last Movie* (1971) and the teleplay for *Sybil* (1976), which won him an Emmy. He later taught screenwriting and co-founded TheFilmSchool in Seattle, where he died on 2 February 2015.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/rebel-without-a-cause.md)

## Also known for

- *T-Men* (1947), Dialogue
- *Rachel, Rachel* (1968), Screenplay
- *Sybil* (1976), Teleplay
- *The Last Movie* (1971), Story, Screenplay

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