Dana Stevens

Dana Stevens (born October 16, 1963) is an American screenwriter, actress and television writer/producer.

Early life 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)