Philip Van Doren Stern(1900-1984)

Philip Van Doren Stern was born on 10 September 1900 in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a writer, known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and It Happened One Christmas (1977). He died on 31 July 1984 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

Known for

8.6

6.1

TV Movie

The Nostalgia Critic
7.5
TV Series
- story "It's a Wonderful Life" (uncredited)
- 2010
Beavis and Butt-Head
7.5
TV Series
- story: "It's a Wonderful Life" (segment "It's a Miserable Life", uncredited)
- 1995
Clarence
4.6
TV Movie
- characters (uncredited)
- 1990
It Happened One Christmas
6.1
TV Movie
- short story: The Greatest Gift
- 1977
It's a Wonderful Life
8.6
- based on a story by
- 1946

Quotes
[on "the Greatest Gift", the short story that inspired It's a Wonderful Life (1946)] The idea came to me complete from start to finish--a most unusual occurrence, as any writer will tell, for ordinarily a story has to be struggled with, changed around and mixed up.

Suggest an edit or add missing content