Stuart has worked as a writer and assistant director on dozens of film and television projects. He has written for the NBC dramas Law & Order, SVU, and the USA series Royal Pains, and is an adjunct TV Writing instructor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Raised in Merrick, NY, he is a graduate of Northwestern University and the DGA Trainee Program (NY).
His half-hour comedy script "Stiffs" was winner of the Showtime Tony Cox TV Pilot Competition at the 2014 Nantucket Film Festival.
Stuart's 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.