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".
Glide Path Glide Path is a novel by Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1963. Clarke's only non-science fiction novel, it is set during World War II, and tells a fictionalized version of the development of the radar-based ground-controlled approach (called "ground-controlled descent" in the novel) aircraft landing system, and includes a character modeled on Luis Alvarez, who developed this system. It is based on Clarke's own wartime service with the Royal Air Force, during which he worked on the GCA project.