BIO
MULTI-CULTURAL FEMALE FILMMAKER
Stephanie is an award-winning director and writer from Zurich, Switzerland based between New York City, Tel Aviv and Zurich.
Her short films and screenplays have screened and won a number of Jury and Best Short awards at festivals worldwide, including Tribeca Film Festival. She previously worked as producer and director in Switzerland, the UK and Israel, where she assistant-directed the Oscar nominated Israeli drama Beaufort.
As a classically trained painter with a background in fashion and dance, her work is a quilt of cultural and textural influences that range from experimental to narrative storytelling. Her latest short Esther In Wonderland, which she is currently developing into a feature, won first place at the Atlanta Film Festival and Shore Scripts Screenplay Competition and screened at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
Stephanie holds an MFA from New York University's Graduate Film Program and speaks six languages.
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
WOMEN IN THAT SPACE "IN BETWEEN"
As a second-generation, Jewish, female artist growing up in Switzerland, I experienced adolescence as a struggle between fitting the mold and carving my own path. My films portray women in transition and explore the spaces IN-BETWEEN.
I work with actors, dancers, athletes and models of different backgrounds, ethnicities, identity, shape and size.
I generally cast against type.
The norm does not interest me. The raw, the real, the conflicting, the sexual - yields emotional and visual texture and depth.
AWARDS
2019 Shorts Winner
Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Esther In Wonderland
2018 Best Short Screenplay
Shore Scripts Screenplay Contest
Esther In Wonderland
2017 Best Spec Commercial
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards
A Tale of Endurance: Celebration of the Imperfect
2017 Best Cinematography
Seattle International Fashion Film Festival
A Tale of Endurance: Celebration of the Imperfect
2017 Award of Merit
Accolade Global Film Competition
A Tale of Endurance: Celebration of the Imperfect
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Esther In Wonderland
Tribeca Film Festival. 2021 Official Selection
Raindance Film Festival. 2021 Official Selection
Leeds International Film Festival. 2021 Official Selection
Calgary International Film Festival. 2021 Official Selection
Guanajuato International Film Festival. 2021 Official Selection
UK Jewish Film Festival. 2021 Official Selection
A Tale of Endurance: Celebration of the Imperfect
Brooklyn Film Festival. 2018 Official Selection
New Media Film Festival. 2018 Official Selection
La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival. 2018 Official Selection
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards. 2018 Finalist
Fashion Film Fest Istanbul. 2017 Official Selection
Fashionclash Fashion Film Festival. 2017 Official Selection
Porto Fashion Film Festival. 2017 Official Selection
Best Shorts Competition. 2017 Official Selection
International Fashion Film Festival Brussels. 2017 Official Selection
California International Shorts Festival. 2017 Official Selection
Seattle International Fashion Film Festival. 2017 Best Picture, Best Director, Best Artistic Design, Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design
Miami Fashion Film Festival. 2017 Semi-Finalist
The Painted Lady
Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival. 2016 Official Selection
Milwaukee Short Film Festival. 2016 Official Selection
The Williamsburg Independent Film Festival. 2016 Official Selection
Big Apple Film Festival. 2016 Official Selection
Aruma
Chelsea Film Festival. 2016 Official Selection
New York Big Mini DV Festival. 2016 Official Selection
NewFilmmakers NY. 2016 Official Selection
Southampton International Film Festival. 2016 Official Selection
San Jose International Short Film Festival. 2016 Official Selection
Shadow Boxer
Athens International Film + Video festival. 2016 Official Selection
POWFest Monthly Extended Festival. 2016 Official Selection
NewFilmmakers, NY. 2016 Official Selection
"We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls." - Anaïs Nin
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