Mainly a TV producer-director, he assisted his father, director George Stevens, on several film productions in the late 1950s and early 60s (THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, 1959, and THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD, 1965). He served as chief of the United States Information Service's motion picture division from 1962 to 1967 and in that capacity produced the celebrated documentary JOHN F. KENNEDY: YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAY OF DRUMS. He was named the first director of the American Film Institute in 1967 and headed the organization until 1979. In 1976 he produced the institute's compilation film AMERICA AT THE MOVIES. He wrote, produced and directed a loving tribute to his father, GEORGE STEVENS: A FILMMAKER'S JOURNEY (1984) and in 1991 won an Emmy as co-producer of the TV miniseries "Separate But Equal." Since 1985, he has produced most of the telecasts of "The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts" for television. In 1998, he executive produced THE THIN RED LINE for 20th Century-Fox.    Nominated for Documentary (Short Subjects) 1963: THE FIVE CITIES OF JUNE 1 nomination