Biography: ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   James D. Stern is an American film director and producer, and Broadway producer, and a member of the Producers Guild of America. He won a 2003 Tony Award for "Hairspray," has been nominated for many Tony awards, and was a Drama Desk Award Winner for "Stomp." Description above from the Wikipedia article James D. Stern , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.