Jeb Stuart (born January 21, 1956) is an American screenwriter, film
director, and producer best known for writing blockbuster action films
like Die Hard and The Fugitive.Stuart graduated from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stuart's first screenplay was that of
the 1988 action film Die Hard, 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. 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),
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.
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.
director, and producer best known for writing blockbuster action films
like Die Hard and The Fugitive.Stuart graduated from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Stuart's first screenplay was that of
the 1988 action film Die Hard, 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. 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),
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.
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.
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