Stefan's early life started out being trained as a classical violinist. As a violinist, he won major competitions and was a soloist with, among others, the Philadelphia orchestra. Though touted a child prodigy, even at an early age he knew his true love was film. Amateur movies in high school were followed by a college education in filmmaking. He won numerous awards with his student short films before moving into a professional film career.

Throughout the 80's and 90's he worked in many aspects of the film business producing and directing commercials for foreign television as well as working for numerous domestic clients; as varied Rescue 911, Frontline and MTV.

In 1993, he wrote, produced and directed his first feature film, The Game.

In 1997, Stefan partnered with Lance Weiler to write, direct, produce and co-star in The Last Broadcast. The Last Broadcast received international acclaim as the first desktop based feature film and then went on to many festivals, winning Best Feature Film Silver Prize at The Chicago Underground Film Festival.

The trek continued when, partnering with Esther Robinson and David Beard, Wavelength Releasing was created. In October 1998, Wavelength Releasing made cinematic history with the first fully digital national theatrical release of a feature film via satellite. In 1999, The Last Broadcast became the first feature motion picture to screen digitally at the Cannes Film Festival.Through theatrical, cable, video, and foreign sales, The Last Broadcast has gone on to become, based on budget to profit ratio,  one of the most profitable movies in history.

Stefan has been recognized as "one of the twenty five people helping to reinvent entertainment..." by Wired magazine. Stories about The Last Broadcast and Stefan have appeared in most major publications including, Time, People, The Wall Street Journal, etc.  He has lectured in Europe, The United States, South America, Japan and Canada about digital filmmaking as well as written for numerous publications about the experience.

In 2004, Stefan took "homegrown" filmmaking to a new level with, The Ghosts of Edendale. The Supernatural thriller, described as Rosemary's Baby meets The Shining, is distributed by Warner Brothers. Worldwide, it can also be through various distributors  such as Anchor Bay UK and Japan's New Select.

Stefan has spent the last few years on varied projects - ranging from co-producing the Paul Tarantino horror movie, HeadHunter, to doing animation work for the documentary, Lost in La Mancha, a documentary about Terry Gilliam's failed effort to bringing Don Quioxte to the screen. Continuing to use the latest technologies available, he is working on a 3D animated action-adventure "pre-feature" feature, The Diamond Chasers.

When he finds the time, other interests include, playing the classical violin, rockabilly guitar, and dabbling in electronics.