Steven Hilliard Stern

{{Short description|Canadian television and documentary director, producer and writer}}

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|caption=Stern in 1972

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|birth_place=Timmins, Ontario, Canada

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|06|27|1937|11|01}}

|death_place = Encino, California, U.S.

|occupation=Film director, screenwriter, television producer

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Steven Hilliard Stern (November 1, 1937 – June 27, 2018) was a Canadian television and documentary director,{{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}} producer and writer.{{cite web |title=Steven Stern |url=https://ryersonrta.ca/people/steven-stern |website=ryersonrta.ca |publisher=RTA School of Media |accessdate=August 25, 2018}}

Biography

Stern attended Ryerson Institute of Technology and served in the Canadian Infantry before inaugurating his directing career.{{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.}} 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 ABC variety show, The Hollywood Palace.{{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}}

The bulk of Stern's output was in the field of made-for-TV movies, both in the United States and Canada, focusing on women's issues, noir thriller, action/adventure and occasionally, sports. Some film credits may appear as Steve Stern and Steven H. Stern rather than the full middle name.

Stern died in Encino, California, on June 27, 2018, age 80.

Filmography

1971: B.S. I Love You
1972: Lo B'Yom V'Lo B'Layla
1974: Harrad Summer
a.k.a. Love All Summer (USA: video title)
a.k.a. Student Union
1975: I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
a.k.a. Kill My Wife Please
1977: Escape from Bogen County
1978: The Ghost of Flight 401
1978: Doctors' Private Lives
1978: Getting Married
1979: Fast Friends
1979: Anatomy of a Seduction
1979: Young Love, First Love
1979: Running
a.k.a. Le vainqueur (Canada: French title)
1980: Portrait of an Escort
a.k.a. Professional Date (USA)
1981: Miracle on Ice
1981: The Devil and Max Devlin
1981: A Small Killing
1982: The Ambush Murders
1982: Portrait of a Showgirl
1982: Not Just Another Affair
a.k.a. Perfect Affair
1982: Forbidden Love
1982: Mazes and Monsters
a.k.a. Dungeons and Dragons (USA: video box title)
a.k.a. Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters
1983: Baby Sister
1983: Still the Beaver
1983: An Uncommon Love
1984: Draw!
1984: Getting Physical
1984: Obsessive Love
1985: The Undergrads (as Steven H. Stern)
1985: Murder in Space
1985: Hostage Flight
1986: 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 (USA: video title)
1988: Weekend War
1988: Crossing the Mob
1989: Final Notice (as Steven H. Stern)
1990: Personals
1991: Money
1991: Love & Murder
1992: The Women of Windsor
1993: Morning Glory
1994: To Save the Children (as Steven Stern)
1995: Black Fox (as Steven H. Stern)
1995: Black Fox: The Price of Peace (as Steven H. Stern)
1995: The Silence of Adultery
a.k.a. as Laisse parler ton coeur (Canada: French title)
1995: Black Fox: Good Men and Bad (as Steven H. Stern)
1997: Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
1998: City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal (as Steve Stern, co-directed with George Roy)
2002: :03 from Gold (uncredited)

Television series

1976: Serpico (unknown number of episodes)
1976: Bonnie and McCloud (TV episode)
1976: McCloud (1 episode)
1976: Who's Who in Neverland
1976-1977: Quincy M.E. (2 episodes)
a.k.a. "Quincy" (International: English informal title)
1977: Dog and Cat (unknown number of episodes)
1977: Has Anybody Here Seen Quincy? (TV episode)
1977: Wipe-Out (TV episode)
1977: The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1 episode)
a.k.a. The Nancy Drew Mysteries (USA: short title)
1977: Half LIfe (1 episode)
1977: Logan's Run (1 episode)
1977: Deep Cover (TV episode)
1977: Hawaii Five-O (1 episode)
a.k.a. McGarrett (USA: rerun title)
1981: Jessica Novak (1 episode)
1981: Closeup News (TV episode)
1998: Voices (TV episode)
1998: The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1 episode)
1999: The Dream Team

Awards and nominations

In 1980, he was nominated for a Genie Award for "Best Original Screenplay" for Running

References

External links

{{IMDb name|id=0827854|name=Steven Hilliard Stern}}
[http://www.filmreference.com/film/33/Steven-Hilliard-Stern.html Steven Hilliard Stern biography on FilmReference.com]

Category:1937 births

Category:2018 deaths

Category:Canadian television directors

Category:Canadian male screenwriters

Category:English-language film directors

Category:Canadian television producers

Category:Film directors from Ontario

Category:Film producers from Ontario

Category:Toronto Metropolitan University alumni

Category:Writers from Timmins

Category:20th-century American Jews

Category:21st-century American Jews