BIO

STUART FELDMAN has written for the NBC drama LAW & ORDER (“Foul Play” and “License to Kill”) and the USA series ROYAL PAINS ("Astraphobia"), and his teleplay for LAW & ORDER: SVU ("Justice Denied") received the Northern California Innocence Project's Media Award and ranked #21 on TV Guide’s list of 2012’s Best Episodes. He has worked as an adjunct TV Writing instructor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and his comedy script, STIFFS, won the Showtime TV Pilot Competition at the Nantucket Film Festival and the award for Best Comedy Pilot Script at the 2025 Big Apple Film Festival.

Raised in Merrick, NY, Stuart was a member of The Mee-ow Show improv group at Northwestern University, where he graduated with a BS in Journalism. He went on to write for numerous publications, including The New York Times, before becoming a DGA Assistant Director on dozens of film and television projects (NURSE JACKIE, LAW & ORDER, 30 ROCK) and then writing for television.

If I Had to Sum it Up...

I write character-driven drama and comedy, primarily about professionals—lawyers, detectives, doctors and civil servants—grappling with past mistakes and ethical compromises while striving to do better.

My work explores the gap between who these characters imagined they were and who they’ve become, focusing on moments when integrity is tested, guilt must be reckoned with, and empathy becomes a quiet act of rebellion.

Whether writing a half-hour comedy or a dramatic feature, I use humor not just as a punchline but as a lifeline—one that helps my characters cope, connect, and stay human.