Philip Van Doren Stern

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Known For

It's a Wonderful Life Writer

1946

It Happened One Christmas Writer

1977

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Writer (5 credits)

2010 Nostalgia Critic (TV Series) (story "It's a Wonderful Life" - 1 episode)

- You're a Rotten Dirty Bastard: Christmas Special (2010) ... (story "It's a Wonderful Life" - uncredited)

1995 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV Series) (story "It's a Wonderful Life" - 1 episode)

- Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas (1995) ... (story "It's a Wonderful Life" - uncredited)

1990 Clarence (TV Movie) (characters - uncredited)

1977 It Happened One Christmas (TV Movie) (based upon a story by)

1946 It's a Wonderful Life (story)

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Other Works:

Novel (as Peter Storme): "The Thing in the Brook". See more »

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[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. See more »