In later years, he also produced several films. He was executive producer for the film "Little Man Tate", Jodie Foster's directorial debut motion picture. (During the 2007 Academy Awards, Foster referred to his death, and called him her "best friend.") He and co-producer/director Peggy Rajski won an Oscar for the 1994 short film "Trevor", a comedy-drama about a gay teenage boy's attempted suicide. Ellen DeGeneres hosted a special airing of the film on HBO in 1998. In 2006, Stone wrote and executive produced the made-for-TV movie "A Little Thing Called Murder", starring Judy Davis, based on the story of murderer Sante Kimes. It won him the International Press Academy's Satellite Award for Motion Picture Made for Television.