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. He was touted as
a child prodigy but by early high school, realized 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. He worked in many aspects of the film
business producing and directing commercials for foreign television as well as
working for numerous 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. Stefan has taken the next generation
of "homegrown" digital films to a whole new level with his new
supernatural thriller, The Ghosts of Edendale. Described as Rosemary's Baby meets The Player,
it is distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Warner Brothers. It can also
be seen worldwide through various distributors such as Anchor Bay UK and
Japan's New Select.Currently, Stefan is working on the
action-adventure, The Diamond Chasers. He also has several other projects
"on the burners" including, Children of the Lake and a coming of age comedy that takes place on a golf course. Caddyshack anyone? Stefan
also recently co-produced the Paul Tarantino horror movie, HeadHunter. Past work includes animation work for
the documentary, Lost in La Mancha, a documentary about Terry Gilliam, directed by
Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe.Other
interests include, playing the classical violin, rockabilly guitar, and
dabbling in electronics.
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. He was touted as a child prodigy but by early high school, realized 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. He worked in many aspects of the film business producing and directing commercials for foreign television as well as working for numerous 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. Stefan has taken the next generation of "homegrown" digital films to a whole new level with his new supernatural thriller, The Ghosts of Edendale. Described as Rosemary's Baby meets The Player, it is distributed in the U.S. and Canada by Warner Brothers. It can also be seen worldwide through various distributors such as Anchor Bay UK and Japan's New Select.Currently, Stefan is working on the action-adventure, The Diamond Chasers. He also has several other projects "on the burners" including, Children of the Lake and a coming of age comedy that takes place on a golf course. Caddyshack anyone? Stefan also recently co-produced the Paul Tarantino horror movie, HeadHunter. Past work includes animation work for the documentary, Lost in La Mancha, a documentary about Terry Gilliam, directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe.Other interests include, playing the classical violin, rockabilly guitar, and dabbling in electronics.