David S. Ward
American film director · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1945 · age 81
David Schad Ward is an American screenwriter and film director. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for his screenplays for the films The Sting (1973) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993), winning for the former.
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I'll Find YouFilm, Writer2014
Mr. Baseball, Bob UeckerFilm2012
BloodworkFilm, Producer2009
Tales from the ScriptFilm2005
The Art of 'The Sting'Film1996
Down PeriscopeFilm, Director1994
Major League IIFilm, Director, Producer1993
Sleepless in SeattleFilm, Writer1991
King RalphFilm, Director, Writer1989
Major LeagueFilm, Director, Writer1986
Saving GraceFilm, Writer1983
The Sting IIFilm, Writer1982
Cannery RowFilm, Director, Writer1974Academy Award for Best Writing, Original ScreenplayAward1973
Steelyard BluesFilm, Writer1945Born25 October 1945People around David
Tony Bill Produced Steelyard Blues and The Sting
- James Gammon David directed Major League and Major League II
Charlie Sheen David directed Major League and Major League II
Rene Russo David directed Major League (1990)
Tom Berenger David directed Major League and Major League II
Omar Epps David directed Major League II and The Program
Dennis Haysbert David directed Major League (1989)
Corbin Bernsen David directed Major League and Major League II
David Brown Produced The Sting and Flyboys
Bob Uecker David directed Major League and Major League II- Julia Phillips Produced Steelyard Blues and The Sting
- Margaret Whitton David directed Major League and Major League II
- Mark Rosenberg Produced Major League and King Ralph
M. Emmet Walsh David directed Cannery Row (1982)
Halle Berry David directed The Program (1995)
Peter O'Toole David directed King Ralph (1991)
Sydney Pollack Produced King Ralph (1991)
Jay Leno David produced Major League II (1994)
James Caan David directed The Program (1993)
Nick Nolte David directed Cannery Row (1982)
John Hurt David produced King Ralph (1991)
Kelsey Grammer David directed Down Periscope (1996)
Julian Glover David directed King Ralph (1991)
Neil Flynn David directed Major League (1989)
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The Sting 1973
Major League 1989
Sleepless in Seattle 1993
Flyboys 2006
The Program 1993
Also in Deutsch
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He was also nominated for a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Writers Guild of America Awards.




