Steven Hilliard Stern is a Canadian

Canada

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 television

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 and documentary

Documentary

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 director

Television director

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, producer

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 and writer

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.
He attended the Ryerson University

Ryerson University

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's Institute of Technology and served in the Canadian Infantry before inaugurating his directing career. The bulk of Stern's output has been in the field of made-for-TV movies

Television movie

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, both in the United States

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 and Canada. Some film credits may appear as Steve Stern and Steven H. Stern rather than the full middle name.

Filmography

• 1971: B.S. I Love You
  B.S. I Love You
  B.S. I Love You is an American comedy-drama film from 1971. It was directed and written by Steven Hilliard Stern, and starred Peter Kastner. The supporting cast included Gary Burghoff, Louise Sorel, Joanna Cameron and Joanna Barnes...
  
  
• 1972: Lo B'Yom V'Lo B'Layla
  Neither by Day Nor by Night
  Neither by Day Nor by Night is a 1972 Israeli-American drama film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern. It was entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Haim Anitar - Akira* Misha Asherov - Doctor* Miriam Bernstein-Cohen - Sokolova...
  
  
• 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
  Running (film)
  Running is a 1979 drama/sports film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern. It is about the fictional American marathon runner and Olympics hopeful Michael Andropolis and his struggle to compete in the Olympic Games. It stars Michael Douglas and Susan Anspach....
  
  
  • aka Le vainqueur (Canada: French title)
• 1980: Portrait of an Escort
  • aka Professional Date (USA)
• 1981: Miracle on Ice
• 1981: The Devil and Max Devlin
  The Devil and Max Devlin
  The Devil and Max Devlin is a Disney motion picture released by Buena Vista Distribution Company, directed by Steven Hilliard Stern and released in early 1981 starring Elliott Gould, Bill Cosby and Susan Anspach. Gould praised this film in interviews as the finest he ever did...
  
  
• 1981: A Small Killing
• 1982: The Ambush Murders
• 1982: Portrait of a Showgirl
• 1982: Not Just Another Affair
  • aka Perfect Affair
• 1982: Forbidden Love
• 1982: Mazes and Monsters
  Mazes and Monsters
  Mazes and Monsters is a 1982 made-for-TV movie directed by Steven Hilliard Stern about a group of college students and their interest in a fictitious role-playing game of the same name. The movie starred a 26-year-old Tom Hanks in his first major leading film role.- Background :The film was...
  
  
  • aka Dungeons and Dragons (USA: video box title)
  • aka Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters
• 1983: Baby Sister
  Baby Sister (film)
  Baby Sister is a 1983 television film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern. The film, which stars Phoebe Cates, Ted Wass and Pamela Bellwood, centers on a 19-year-old girl who starts an affair with her older sister's boyfriend.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1983: Still the Beaver
• 1983: An Uncommon Love
• 1984: Draw!
  Draw!
  Draw! is a 1984 American/Canadian comedy-western film by Steven Hilliard Stern-Plot:In the final days of the Old West, a former desperado faces down a now drunken ex-sheriff, who was his long time nemesis.-Recognition:...
  
  
• 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
  The Park Is Mine (1986 film)
  The Park Is Mine, is a 1986 made-for-TV movie directed by Steven Hilliard Stern,starring Tommy Lee Jones as a Vietnam War veteran. Mitch takes control of Central Park in New York City, in what many would call an act of domestic terrorism, to honor those who died and served in the Vietnam War and...
  
  
• 1986: Young Again
• 1986: Many Happy Returns
• 1987: Not Quite Human (as Steven H. Stern)
• 1987: Rolling Vengeance
• 1988: Man Against the Mob
  • aka 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
  Money (film)
  Money is a 1991 drama film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern.-Plot:Frank Cimballi is a rich 21-year-old who goes to claim his inheritance only to find it has been embezzled by his father's former business partners...
  
  
• 1991: Love & Murder
• 1992: The Women of Windsor
• 1993: Morning Glory
• 1994: To Save the Children (as Steven Stern)
• 1995: Black Fox: The Price of Peace (as Steven H. Stern)
• 1995: The Silence of Adultery
  • aka 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
  Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
  Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story is a 1997 TV-movie about diver Greg Louganis based on the best-selling book Breaking the Surface co-written by Greg Louganis and Eric Marcus that stayed on top of the New York Times Best Seller list for 5 weeks.-Plot:In Seoul, 1988, Greg Louganis hits...
  
  
• 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

• 1974: Harrad Summer
  • aka Love All Summer (USA: video title)
  • aka Student Union
• 1975: I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
  I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
  I wonder Who's Killing Her Now? original USA theatrical name Kill My Wife, Please is a 1970s black comedy movie directed by Steven Hilliard Stern, and starring Bob Dishy and Joanna Barnes. Originally Peter Sellers was to be cast as the lead but he had another heart attack and insurance couldn't be...
  
  
  • aka Kill My Wife Please
• 1976: Serpico
  Serpico (TV series)
  Serpico is a short-lived American crime drama series that aired on NBC between September 1976 and February 1977. The series was based on the novel by Peter Maas and the 1973 film of the same name that starred Al Pacino in the title role...
  
  (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)
  • aka "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)
  • aka 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)
  • aka 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
  Genie Award
  Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...
  
   for "Best Original Screenplay" for Running
  Running (film)
  Running is a 1979 drama/sports film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern. It is about the fictional American marathon runner and Olympics hopeful Michael Andropolis and his struggle to compete in the Olympic Games. It stars Michael Douglas and Susan Anspach....
  
  

External links

• Steven Hilliard Stern biography on FilmReference.com