Will Stewart(III)
- Writer
- Director
- Casting Director
Will Stewart grew up in a tiny town in Mississippi called Okolona, population 3000. He graduated from Tupelo High School and attended the University of Mississippi, but after 19 years of living closeted in the South, He decided to drop out of college, pack up his car and move west to Los Angeles to follow his dream of working in the entertainment industry.
Because of his encyclopedic knowledge of actors, Will was nicknamed "The Walking IMDB" so casting felt like a natural fit. In July 2003, he began a long and fruitful partnership with Linda Lowy, casting many hit TV shows including the Shonda Rhimes trio of Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal, plus Friday Night Lights and numerous other pilots and movies.
However, after several years of directing actors into winning roles, Will still had a persistent dream to tell stories of his own, and so in 2018 he left casting and wrote, produced and directed his first film, the award-winning All We Are, a drama about two men who embark on an anonymous fantasy-motivated fling and the repercussions that come when they develop real feelings for one another. He is currently creating an LGBTQ-focused anthology series using the All We Are story line as the basis for the first season's story arc.
Those We Leave Behind is Will's first feature script.
He lives in Silver Lake, California with his loving husband, Steven.
Because of his encyclopedic knowledge of actors, Will was nicknamed "The Walking IMDB" so casting felt like a natural fit. In July 2003, he began a long and fruitful partnership with Linda Lowy, casting many hit TV shows including the Shonda Rhimes trio of Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice and Scandal, plus Friday Night Lights and numerous other pilots and movies.
However, after several years of directing actors into winning roles, Will still had a persistent dream to tell stories of his own, and so in 2018 he left casting and wrote, produced and directed his first film, the award-winning All We Are, a drama about two men who embark on an anonymous fantasy-motivated fling and the repercussions that come when they develop real feelings for one another. He is currently creating an LGBTQ-focused anthology series using the All We Are story line as the basis for the first season's story arc.
Those We Leave Behind is Will's first feature script.
He lives in Silver Lake, California with his loving husband, Steven.
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