Stephen Stewart is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area, where he studied drama at the prestigious American Conservatory Theatre. Additionally, he has also studied with Stella Adler and Richard Walter. Stephen then went on to become a playwright, before moving to Los Angeles where he was under contract with Paramount Pictures and is now a screenwriter for film and television. Among many original screenplays, Stephen has also adapted novels by such acclaimed writers as Mary Gaitskill, Susanna Moore, Margaret Millar and Nell Freudenberger.