---
name: "Stu Krieger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/stu-krieger"
fi1m_id: "stu-krieger"
imdb_id: "nm0471217"
tmdb_id: 72405
wikidata_id: "Q22086637"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 January 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:35:32.230206+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."
---

# Stu Krieger

## Identity

Stu Krieger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/stu-krieger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** stu-krieger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0471217
- **TMDB ID:** 72405
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22086637
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22086637, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471217/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72405

Writer. Born 27 January 1952 in Rochester, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 January 1952, Rochester, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1988–1990
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22086637, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0471217/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72405

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Land Before Time*](https://film.one/film/the-land-before-time.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Stu Krieger is an American screenwriter. He wrote the screenplay for the animated film *The Land Before Time* (1988), produced by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. He also contributed to the television series *Amazing Stories* (1985), with writing credits on the compilation film *Amazing Stories: The Movie II* (1990).

Krieger wrote or co-wrote numerous Disney Channel original television films, including *Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century* (1999) and its sequels, *Smart House* (1999), *Tru Confessions* (2002), *Going to the Mat* (2004) and *Cow Belles* (2006). He co-wrote the Emmy-winning miniseries *A Year in the Life* (1986). Other feature credits include *In the Army Now* (1994) and *Monkey Trouble* (1994).

Krieger taught screen and television writing at the University of California, Riverside and in the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California. He has also written two novels.

*Sources: stukrieger.com, imdb.com, ucr.edu, people.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Land Before Time* (1988), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-land-before-time.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *The Binding* (2016), Executive Producer
- *Toot & Puddle: I'll Be Home for Christmas* (2006), Screenplay
- *Cow Belles* (2006), Teleplay
- *I Do, They Don't* (2005), Co-Producer, Writer
- *Zenon: Z3* (2004), Writer, Co-Producer
- *Going to the Mat* (2004), Writer
- *Gotta Kick It Up!* (2002), Teleplay
- *Tru Confessions* (2002), Screenplay, Co-Producer
- *The Poof Point* (2001), Co-Producer, Teleplay
- *Zenon: The Zequel* (2001), Teleplay, Co-Producer
- *Phantom of the Megaplex* (2000), Writer, Co-Producer
- *Smart House* (1999), Writer
- *Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century* (1999), Writer
- *Freaky Friday* (1995), Teleplay, Co-Producer
- *A Troll in Central Park* (1994), Screenplay
- *In the Army Now* (1994), Screenplay
- *Monkey Trouble* (1994), Writer
- *Amazing Stories: The Movie II* (1990), Writer
- *The Land Before Time* (1988), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-land-before-time.md)
- *A Year in the Life* (1986), series, Writer
- *The Parent Trap II* (1986), Writer
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, Writer
- *Where the Boys Are* (1984), Screenplay
- *Seed of Innocence* (1980), Writer
- *Hanging on a Star* (1978), Story, Writer
- *Goodbye, Franklin High* (1978), as Kurt Moriarty · Writer
- *Bad Timing*, Writer

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