Maurice Stevens(II)
- Director
- Writer
- Art Department
Maurice Stevens is an English film director, screenplay writer, artist and illustrator. He worked in advertising in the USA as an art director at the Leo Burnett ad agency before a career change into film directing. Newly enrolled as a member of the DGA in 1965, his directorial debut with Wilding Films in Chicago won an award in a Hollywood advertising film festival. He later directed under contract with California based Film Fair shooting TV commercials. he returned to England during the 1970s where he remained in London shooting commercials and won awards in New York, Chicago, London, Ireland and Europe. He eventually made the transition from advertising into the documentary genre with programs for ITV Channel 4's 'Making Sense of Science' series, a BISFA award for 'Educating Brian' and BMA award for 'Second Sight,' plus programs for Education, Engineering, Pharmaceutical, Government information, and blue chip corporate clients, including an award winner for Rolls Royce, mostly directing from his own scripts. He has lectured at universities and art colleges in the UK, The Art Institute of Chicago and at the Brighton Film School where Charles Webb, American author of the novel 'The Graduate' was his student. Maurice now concentrates on screenplay writing and has two feature length film scripts ready for development by interested producers. 'Pictures in The Dark' is a biopic about the blind RAF World War 2 veteran Jimmy Wright OBE, DFC who became a BAFTA award winning film producer. And a comedy 'Dino & Jazz' co-written with Hollywood film editor, Emmy recipient, Bernard Caputo A.C.E.