Oscar-nominated screenwriter Stewart Stern has lost his battle with cancer. The 92 year old passed away on Monday (02Feb15) at the Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington.
Stern enjoyed a prolific career writing for TV and movie projects from the 1950s, including Dennis Hopper’s The Last Movie, Marlon Brando’s The Ugly American, and James Dean’s 1955 classic, Rebel Without a Cause.
He also penned The Outsider, Thunder in the Sun, The Rack and Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams, while in TV, his credits include Sally Field’s 1976 miniseries Sybil, which won him an Emmy Award, and TV movie A Christmas to Remember.
Stern earned two Academy Award nominations – in 1952 for co-writing the film Teresa and in 1969 for Rachel, Rachel.
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