Rick Stevenson is a writer, director, and producer from

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Early life

Stevenson holds a

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from

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, a master's degree from the

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and a bachelor's degree in history from

Whitman College Whitman College is a private liberal arts college in Walla Walla, Washington. The school offers 53 majors and 33 minors in the liberal arts and sciences, and it has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1. Whitman was the first college in the Pacific ...

in Washington State.

Career

In 2001, he founded “The 5000 Days Project” a global organization dedicated to understanding the journey of becoming an adult and developing emotional intelligence in youth. As of 2019, Stevenson has conducted over 5500 in-depth, personal interviews with kids. Some of Stevenson's films include: '' Privileged'' (1982) starring Hugh Grant, ''Restless Natives'' (1985) starring Ned Beatty, ''Promised Land'' (1987) starring Meg Ryan and Kiefer Sutherland, ''Some Girls'' (1988) starring Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Connelly and Andre Gregory, and ''Crooked Smiles'' starring Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Noah Wylie, Juliette Lewis and Peter Coyote. In 2006, his film ''

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'' won both Audience and Jury Award for Best Film at the Omaha Film Festival, the Best Drama Film award at the 2007

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and took Best Film honors at the American Indian Film Festival. Stevenson has directed many programs for television, including ED for NBC, and he has been awarded for his work as a director of television commercials. In 2004, Stevenson founded

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with

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and Stewart Stern. In 2019, he released his audiobook “21 Things You Forgot About Being A Kid”.

Personal life

Stevenson has lived his whole life in

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, except for five years in

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and four in

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, for school.Axmaker, Sea
Rick Stevenson: "I love Seattle"
''Green Cine'' (8 September 2006) He is married with four children.

Select filmography

*'' Privileged'' (1982) *''

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'' (1985) *''

Promised Land The Promised Land ( he, הארץ המובטחת, translit.: ''ha'aretz hamuvtakhat''; ar, أرض الميعاد, translit.: ''ard al-mi'ad; also known as "The Land of Milk and Honey"'') is the land which, according to the Tanakh (the Hebrew ...

'' (1987) *''

Some Girls ''Some Girls'' is the 14th UK and 16th US album by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released on 9 June 1978 by Rolling Stones Records. It was recorded in sessions held between October 1977 and February 1978 at Pathé Marconi Studios in ...

'' (1988) *'' Magic in the Water'' (1995) *''

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'' (1999) *''

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'' (2000) *''Anthrax'' (2001) *''

'' (2006) * ''5000 Days Project'' (ongoing)

References

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* * Writers from Seattle Alumni of the University of Oxford Whitman College alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Shoreline, Washington Film directors from Washington (state) {{US-film-director-stub