Dana Stevens (screenwriter)

Dana grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and is a summa cum laude graduate of UCLA. ==Career==

She has written films including The Woman King, starring Viola Davis and directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood; the Netflix hit Fatherhood, starring Kevin Hart; the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' novel, Safe Haven, directed by Lasse Hallstrom; City of Angels, starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan; For Love of the Game, directed by Sam Raimi; Blink, directed by Michael Apted; and Life or Something Like It, starring Angelina Jolie. She has also worked in TV, creating the 2006 ABC comedy-drama What About Brian and the 2014 CBS legal drama Reckless. Stevens did an uncredited rewrite on The World Is Not Enough, directed by her then-husband Michael Apted, primarily to strengthen the female characters' roles. She was the last female screenwriter involved with writing a Bond film until Phoebe Waller-Bridge provided a script polish to No Time to Die in 2019. She is a regular advisor at the Sundance Institute writer and filmmaker labs and serves on the final selection committee for the academy's Nicholl's Fellowship Screenwriting Award. ==Personal life==

Stevens and director Michael Apted were married for 10 years before divorcing, and the couple have a son. ==Writing credits==

• Blink (1993) • City of Angels (1998) • For Love of the Game (1999) • The World Is Not Enough (1999) (Uncredited) • Life or Something Like It (2002) • What About Brian (2006–2007) (Also creator) • Safe Haven (2013) • Reckless (2014) (Also creator) • Fatherhood (2021) • The Woman King (2022) • The Nightingale (2027) ==References==