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Line 1: {{Short description\|Canadian television and documentary director, producer and writer}} {{Infobox person \|name=Steven Hilliard Stern \|image=Steven Hilliard Stern.jpg \|birth_date={{birth date and age\|1937\|11\|1}}▼ \|caption=Stern in 1972 \|birth_date={{birth date\|1937\|11\|1}}<ref name="Roberts">{{cite book \|last1=Roberts \|first1=Jerry \|title=Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors \|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediatele00robe \|url-access=limited \|date=June 5, 2009 \|publisher=Scarecrow Press \|isbn=978-0810863781 \|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediatele00robe/page/n590 568]}}</ref> \|birth_place=[[Timmins]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] ▲\|~~birth_date~~death_date = {{~~birth~~Death date and age\|2018\|06\|27\|1937\|11\|101}} \|death_place = [[Encino, California]], U.S. \|occupation=[[Film director]], [[screenwriter]], [[television producer]] }} '''Steven Hilliard Stern''' (~~born~~ November 1, 1937 – June 27, 2018) iswas a [[Canadians\|Canadian]] [[television]] and [[documentary]] [[Television director\|director]],<ref name=NYT>{{cite web\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/28/arts/tv-mazes-and-monsters-fantasy.html\|title=TV: 'MAZES AND MONSTERS,' FANTASY\|author=O'Connor, John J.\|date=December 28, 1982}}</ref> [[Television producer\|producer]] and [[screenwriter\|writer]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Steven Stern \|url=https://ryersonrta.ca/people/steven-stern \|website=ryersonrta.ca \|publisher=RTA School of Media \|accessdate=August 25, 2018}}</ref> ==Biography== He attended the [[Ryerson University]]'s Institute of Technology and served in the Canadian Infantry before inaugurating his directing career.<ref>[http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/steven-hilliard-stern/1872304/main Moviefone biography page of Steven Hilliard Stern]</ref> The bulk of Stern's output has been in the field of [[Television movie\|made-for-TV movies]], both in the [[United States]] and Canada. Some film credits may appear as '''Steve Stern''' and '''Steven H. Stern''' rather than the full middle name. Stern attended [[Ryerson Institute of Technology]] and served in the Canadian Infantry before inaugurating his directing career.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/steven-hilliard-stern/1872304/main \|work=[[Moviefone]] \|title=Steven Hilliard Stern \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304194126/http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/steven-hilliard-stern/1872304/main \|archive-date=4 March 2010 \|access-date=25 August 2018 \|publisher=[[AOL Inc.]]}}</ref> He began his career in advertising, writing and directing radio and TV commercials, then moved to Los Angeles in the 1960s where he wrote for the [[American Broadcasting Company\|ABC]] variety show, ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]''.<ref name="Barnes">{{cite journal \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-hilliard-stern-dead-devil-max-devlin-director-was-80-1124122 \|title=Steven Hilliard Stern, Director of 'The Devil and Max Devlin,' Dies at 80 \|last=Barnes \|first=Mike \|date=June 29, 2018 \|journal=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] \|access-date= June 29, 2018}}</ref> The bulk of Stern's output was in the field of [[Television movie\|made-for-TV movies]], both in the [[United States]] and Canada, focusing on [[women's issues]], [[film noir\|noir]] [[thriller films\|thriller]], [[action film\|action]]/[[adventure film\|adventure]] and occasionally, [[sports film\|sports]].<ref name="Roberts" /> Some film credits may appear as '''Steve Stern''' and '''Steven H. Stern''' rather than the full middle name. ~~He was born in [[Timmins]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].~~ Stern died in [[Encino, California]], on June 27, 2018, age 80.<ref name="Barnes" /> ==Filmography== Line 52 ⟶ 60: 1985: ''Hostage Flight'' 1986: ''[[The Park Is Mine (1986 film)\|The Park Is Mine]]'' 1986: ''Young Again '' 1986: ''Many Happy Returns'' 1987: ''Not Quite Human'' (as Steven H. Stern) 1987: ''[[Rolling Vengeance]]'' 1988: ''[[~~Man Against the Mob (a.k.a. Trouble in the City of Angels)\|'~~Man Against the Mob]]'' * a.k.a. ''Trouble in the City of Angels'' (USA: video title) 1988: ''Weekend War '' 1988: ''Crossing the Mob'' 1989: ''Final Notice'' (as Steven H. Stern) Line 64 ⟶ 72: 1991: ''[[Money (1991 film)\|Money]]'' 1991: ''Love & Murder'' 1992: ''[[The Women of Windsor]]'' 1993: ''[[Morning Glory (1993 film)\|Morning Glory]]'' 1994: ''To Save the Children'' (as Steven Stern) 1995: ''[[Black Fox (miniseries)\|Black Fox]]'' (as Steven H. Stern) Line 73 ⟶ 81: 1995: ''[[Black Fox (miniseries)\|Black Fox: Good Men and Bad]]'' (as Steven H. Stern) 1997: ''[[Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story]]'' 1998: ''[[~~CCNY Point Shaving Scandal#City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal\|~~City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal]]'' (as Steve Stern, co-directed with [[George Roy]]) 2002: '':03 from Gold'' (uncredited) Line 100 ⟶ 108: ==Awards and nominations== In 1980, he was nominated for a [[Genie Award]] for "Best Original Screenplay" for ''[[Running (film)\|Running]]''<ref name="Roberts" /> ==See also== * [[CCNY point shaving scandal]] ==References== Line 112 ⟶ 120: *[http://www.filmreference.com/film/33/Steven-Hilliard-Stern.html Steven Hilliard Stern biography on FilmReference.com] {{Steven Hilliard Stern}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stern, Steven Hilliard}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:~~Living~~2018 ~~people~~deaths]] [[Category:Canadian television directors]] [[Category:Canadian male screenwriters]] [[Category:English-language film directors]] [[Category:Canadian television producers]] [[Category:~~Canadian film~~Film directors from Ontario]] [[Category:~~Canadian film~~Film producers from Ontario]] [[Category:~~Ryerson~~Toronto Metropolitan University alumni]] [[Category:~~People~~Writers from Timmins]] [[Category:20th-century American Jews]] [[Category:21st-century American Jews]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian screenwriters]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian male writers]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian screenwriters]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian male writers]] [[Category:Jewish Canadian writers]] [[Category:Screenwriters from Ontario]]