Writing · age 78

Stephen Schwartz

Best rated: Wicked (7.3)

Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Stephen Schwartz, writing career by IMDb rating5-film average

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20242 films2025

As a writer, films with 1,000+ votes

Average

6.95

2 rated films

Vote weighted

6.97

bigger films count more

Median

6.9

half are better

Consistency

±0.49

rating spread

Career

2024 to 2025

Total votes

333K

across every film

Best

7.3

Wicked

Worst

n/a

too few films

Newest first

Writing filmography

2025	Wicked: For Good	6.6	75,005
2024	Wicked	7.3	258K

Better together?

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

9 nominations, 3 wins

Best Original Score · Academy Awards 2025
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz
Nominated
Best Original Song · Academy Awards 2008
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Nominated
Best Original Song · Academy Awards 2008
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Nominated
Best Original Song · Academy Awards 2008
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Nominated
Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1999
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Hans Zimmer
Nominated
Best Original Song · Academy Awards 1999
Music and Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Won
Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1997
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Alan Menken
Nominated
Best Song Score or Adaptation Score · Academy Awards 1996
Music by Alan Menken; Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz; Orchestral Score by Alan Menken
Won
Best Original Song · Academy Awards 1996
Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Stephen Schwartz
Won

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