Donald E Steward wrote or co-wrote the screenplay for a 1992 American spy thriller that was directed by Phillip Noyce and was based on a novel of the same name that was written by who?
Donald E. Stewart Donald E. Stewart (24 January 193028 April 1999) was an American-born screenwriter, best known for his screenplay for "Missing", which won the Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award, the London Film Critics' Circle award, a Christopher Award, (www.christophers.org) and the BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, all shared with the film's director, Costa-Gavras. The screenplay for "Missing" is used in film schools for instruction in structure and development. He also wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for the Tom Clancy-trilogy of Jack Ryan films "The Hunt for Red October", "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger".
American Me American Me is a 1992 biographical crime drama film produced and directed by Edward James Olmos, his first film as a director, and written by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano. Olmos also stars as the film's protagonist, Montoya Santana. Executive producers included record producer Lou Adler, screenwriter Mutrux, and Irwin Young. It depicts a fictionalized account of the founding and rise to power of the Mexican Mafia in the California prison system from the 1950s into the 1980s.