Rick Stevenson

Director/Writer/Producer Rick Stevenson is a Seattle native known for his work in film and television in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. Stevenson's production credits include Privileged (1983) starring Hugh Grant; Restless Natives (1985) starring Ned Beatty, Promised Land (1987) starring Meg Ryan and Kiefer Sutherland; Some Girls (1989) starring Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Connelly and Andre Gregory; and Crooked Hearts starring Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Noah Wylie, Juliette Lewis and Peter Coyote. Stevenson made his feature film directorial debut in 1995 with Magic in the Water, starring Mark Harmon and Joshua Jackson. His next, widely lauded, feature film was The Dinosaur Hunter with Christopher Plummer (1999). This was followed by Anthrax (2001) starring Cameron Daddo, David Keith, William B. Davis, and Ed Begley Jr. In 2006, Stevenson directed, co-wrote and produced Expiration Date starring Robert Guthrie, Dee Wallace Stone, and David Keith. Most recently, Stevenson has produced and directed the TV series Official Best of Fest (2010-2011) and Listen (2012) as well as the feature film Two Brothers (2011). The latter two projects are associated with Stevenson's ongoing The School of Life Project. Stevenson has directed many programs for television including ED for NBC and his work as a director of television commercials has garnered myriad awards. In 2004, Stevenson founded thefilmschool with Tom Skerritt and Stewart Stern. He holds a PhD from Oxford University, a master's degree from the London School of Economics and a bachelor's degree in history from Whitman College in Washington State. Rick is married with four children.