Stephen Schwartz
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 6, 1948, New York City, New York, USA
- Movies
- 21
Stephen Schwartz (born March 6, 1948) is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals such as Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972), and Wicked (2003). He has contributed lyrics to a number of successful films, including Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Prince of Egypt (1998, music and lyrics), Enchanted (2007), and Disenchanted (2022).
Schwartz has earned numerous accolades, including three Grammy Awards, three Academy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He has received nominations for six Tony Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. He received the Tony Award's Isabelle Stevenson Award in 2015.
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Best-Known Movies
Wicked
2024
tick, tick... BOOM!
2021
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
2025
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
1999
Pippin
1981
Wicked: The Real Story
2024
Working
1982
The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2013
Filmography
| 2026 | You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... | Self |
| 2026 | TOVAH | Self |
| 2025 | Wicked: One Wonderful Night | Self |
| 2025 | STREET SMART: Lessons from a TV Icon | Self |
| 2024 | Making Wicked | Self |
| 2024 | Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked | Self |
| 2024 | Wicked: The Real Story | Self |
| 2024 | Wicked | Emerald City Guard (uncredited) |
| 2021 | tick, tick... BOOM! | Aspiring Composers and Lyricists |
| 2014 | Russian Broadway Shut Down | |
| 2013 | The Making of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Self |
| 2009 | The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story | Self |
| 1999 | The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen | Self |
| 1993 | Friends of Gilda | Self |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2023 | Children of Eden Jr. | Writer |
| 2021 | Stephen Schwartz's Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook | Writer |
| 2021 | Snapshots: A Musical Scrapbook | Writer |
| 1984 | Jagger und Spaghetti | Writer |
| 1982 | Working | Director |
| 1981 | Leonard Bernstein's Mass | Writer |
| 1981 | Pippin | Writer |
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