Jeb Stuart (writer)

Jeb Stuart
Jeb Stuart
Born	January 21, 1956; Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Occupation	Screenwriter; film director; film producer
Years active	1988-present
Known for	Die Hard; The Fugitive

Jeb Stuart (born January 21, 1956) is an American screenwriter, film director, and producer[1] best known for writing blockbuster action films like Die Hard and The Fugitive.

Career

Stuart graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stuart's first screenplay was that of the 1988 action film Die Hard,[2][3] which he co-wrote with Steven E. de Souza. Adapted from the Roderick Thorp novel Nothing Lasts Forever, the film was a massive financial and critical success, spawning four sequels and being considered one of the greatest and most influential action films of all time.[4][5][6][7] He helped pen the science-fiction horror movie Leviathan and the Sylvester Stallone prison thriller Lock Up.

Stuart was heavily involved in the writing of The Fugitive (1993),[8] reworking David Twohy's original draft while on set and working with director Andrew Davis and stars Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. He wrote an early draft of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, entitled Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men from Mars, in 1995.[9] In 1997, he made his directorial debut with Switchback, a thriller starring Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover. The film's negative critical reception led to Stuart semi-retiring from filmmaking for over a decade, before returning by writing, producing, and directing Blood Done Sign My Name, adapted from the autobiography of author and historian Timothy Tyson.[10]

Year	Film	Writer	Producer	Director	Notes
1988	Die Hard	Y			with Steven E. de Souza Nominated for: Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture
1989	Leviathan	Y			with David Webb Peoples
	Next of Kin		Y
	Lock Up	Y			with Richard Smith & Henry Rosenbaum
1990	Vital Signs				with Larry Ketron
1990	Another 48 Hrs.				with John Fasano, Larry Gross & Eddie Murphy
1993	The Fugitive				with David Twohy Nominated for: Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture WGA Award for Best Screenplay
1995	Just Cause				with Peter Stone
1997	Fire Down Below		Y		with Philip Morton
1997	Switchback	Y	Y	Y
2010	Blood Done Sign My Name	Y	Y	Y

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