Emmy-winning director Michael Stevens has died due to complications from cancer at the age of 48, Stevens’ family said in a statement.
A third generation member of the Directors Guild of America, the DGA released a statement expressing their condolences for Stevens’ death.
“The Guild mourns the loss of award-winning director, producer, writer, member and friend, Michael Stevens,” DGA president Paris Barclay said in a statement. “Michael’s family connection to the DGA began when his grandfather was one of the first Guild Service Award recipients at the inaugural DGA Awards in 1948. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.”
Stevens was the grandson of three-term DGA president George Stevens and the son of director George Stevens Jr. The father and son team won five Emmy Awards for producing the annual Kennedy Center Honors.
He also directed and produced the TV movie “Thurgood” starring Laurence Fishburne, which delved into the life story of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. His father served as executive producer.
Stevens also worked as an associate producer on the 1998 World War II drama “The Thin Red Line,” on which his father was an executive producer.