Jeb Stuart (writer)

Jeb Stuart
Born	(1956-01-21) January 21, 1956 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Occupation(s)	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 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, 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.

He is the creator of Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla a historical fiction drama television series, and a sequel to History's Vikings (2013 TV series). This spin-off series starts a century after the original series and will tell the tales of some of the best known Northmen in history: Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Harada and William the Conqueror.

Filmography

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				with David Webb Peoples
	Next of Kin		Y
	Lock Up	Y			with Richard Smith & Henry Rosenbaum
1990	Vital Signs				with Larry Ketron
	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
	Switchback	Y	Y	Y
2010	Blood Done Sign My Name

Awards and nominations

Nominations

• 1988 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture: Die Hard (with Steven E. de Souza)
• 1993 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture: The Fugitive (with David Twohy)
• 1993 Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: The Fugitive (with David Twohy)

External links

• Jeb Stuart at IMDb