Writing · b. 1940 · Tiberias, British Palestine David Stevens Biography David Stevens was an Australian writer, director, and playwright. Directed The Barber of Seville 2009 Kansas 1988 Channel Tunnel: Tomorrow's Way 1986 Undercover 1984 The Clinic 1983 The John Sullivan Story 1979 Other Credits Crime and Punishment Writer 1998 The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years Writer 1996 The Sum of Us Story 1994 Breaker Morant Screenplay 1980 Agent-readable