Richard (Rick) Stevenson
Dr. Rick Stevenson has produced, written and/or directed thirteen feature films and nearly 100 hours of television. He has worked with Robert Redford, Hugh Grant, Christopher Plummer, Keifer Sutherland, Meg Ryan, Patrick Dempsey, Jennifer Connelly, Mark Harmon and many others. He is Founder of The 5000 Days Project which involves 10,000 kids over six continents and has pioneered the practice of Personal Story Mentoring which helps kids capture and become authors of their own stories (The5000DaysProject.org/psm). He is the author of 21 Things You Forgot About Being A Kid based on his 5700 interviews with kids from twelve countries. He also co-founded the film school with Tom Skerritt and Stewart Stern and is director of its annual PRODIGY CAMP for the 20 most talented young filmmakers in the world. He has won over 40 awards for his work in film, television & commercials. He holds a doctorate from Oxford University & a master’s degree from The London School of Economics. Married, 4 kids!
