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| image = StefanSchaefer 2015.jpg
| image = StefanSchaefer 2015.jpg
| birth_name = Stefan Schaefer
| caption = Schaefer in 2015
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|08|17}}
| birth_name = Stefan Schaefer
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|08|17}}
| birth_place = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| occupation = [[screenwriter | writer]], [[film director | director]], [[film producer | producer]]
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| education = [[Wesleyan University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Kiel]] ([[Fulbright Scholar]])
| education = [[Wesleyan University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of Kiel]] ([[Fulbright Scholar]])
| spouse = [[Chenta Laury]]
| children = 2
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{{short description|American film writer and director}}
{{short description|American film writer and director}}
'''Stefan Schaefer''' is an American writer, director and producer of [[films]] and [[television]].
'''Stefan Schaefer''' (born August 17, 1971) is an American writer, director and producer of [[films]] and [[television]].


==Biography==
==Biography==


===Early life and education ===
===Early life and education ===
Schaefer was born in [[Boston]], spent his childhood in [[Sussex]], [[England]] and his adolescent years in [[Michigan]] and [[New York (state)|New York]]. He studied theater and political theory at [[Wesleyan University]], graduating [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. Following a year and a half in Germany—where he studied as a [[Fulbright Scholar]] at the [[University of Kiel]]—he returned to New York and co-founded the production company [[Cicala Filmworks]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cicalafilmworks.com/ |title=Cicala Filmworks |accessdate=2011-03-22}}</ref>
Schaefer was born in [[Boston]]. He spent his childhood in [[Sussex]], [[England]], and his teenage years in [[Michigan]] and [[New York (state)|New York]]. He studied [[Theatre|theater]] and [[Political philosophy|political theory]] at [[Wesleyan University]], graduating [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. After a year and a half in [[Germany]] as a [[Fulbright Scholar]] at the [[University of Kiel]], he returned to [[New York City|New York]] and co-founded the production company [[Cicala Filmworks]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.cicalafilmworks.com/ |title=Cicala Filmworks |access-date=2011-03-22}}</ref>


He is the maternal grandson of polar explorer and ornithologist [[Carl R. Eklund]].
He is the maternal grandson of polar explorer and [[Ornithology|ornithologist]] [[Carl R. Eklund]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eklund's Antarctic |url=https://www.karinschaefer.com/series/carl-eklunds-antarcticphotographs-1939-1941/ |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.karinschaefer.com}}</ref>


===Career===
== Career ==
Schaefer's films have premiered and won awards at festivals such as the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] and [[SxSW]], among many others, and have been released theatrically and via outlets such as NetFlix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO, PBS and the Sundance Channel.
Schaefer's films have premiered and won several awards at festivals such as the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] and [[South by Southwest|SXSW]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ankrum |first=Nora |date=March 9, 2007 |title=Looking More Closely When Others Look Away |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/screens/2007-03-09/453512/ |access-date=2024-12-20 |newspaper=Austin Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref>and have been released theatrically and via outlets such as [[Netflix]], [[Amazon Prime Video|Amazon Prime]], [[Hulu]], [[HBO]], [[PBS]], and the [[Sundance Channel (Canadian TV channel)|Sundance Channel]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-24 |title=A Little Confession is Good for the Soul: An Interview with Writer/Dir |url=https://writersstore.com/blogs/news/a-little-confession-is-good-for-the-soul-an-interview-with-writer-director-stefan-schaefer |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=Writers Store |language=en}}</ref>


He has over fifteen feature film credits to his name, among them [[My Last Day Without You]], ''[[The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (film)|The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela]]'', and ''[[Arranged (film)|Arranged]]''. On these and other projects he's worked with [[Melissa Leo]], [[Ali Larter]], [[Zoe Lister-Jones]], [[Ken Duken]], [[Nicole Beharie]], [[David Harbour]], and [[Michael Imperioli]].{{cn}} In addition to these indie features, Schaefer and writing partner Chris Silber wrote four TV movies for leading European networks ARD and ZDF, two of which filmed in Hawai’i.
He has over fifteen feature film credits and has worked with [[Melissa Leo]], [[Ali Larter]], [[Zoe Lister-Jones]], [[Ken Duken]], [[Nicole Beharie]], [[David Harbour]], and [[Michael Imperioli]]. In addition to indie features, Schaefer and writing partner Chris Silber<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rotterdam Film Festival |title=The Hungry Ghosts |url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2009/films/the-hungry-ghosts}}</ref> have written four TV movies for European networks ARD and ZDF, two of which were filmed in [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Die Stimme Berlins |title=Blauwasserleben: Wie eine Traumreise zum Albtraum wurde |url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/archiv-artikel/blauwasserleben-wie-eine-traumreise-zum-albtraum-wurde}}</ref>


On the documentary front, Schaefer directed the one-hour television documentary ''Contested Streets'', which looks at what New York can learn from London, Paris and Copenhagen in terms of organizing its streets and public spaces. The film screened widely at environmental film festivals and aired as part of "The Green" series on the [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]]. In 2015, he released a feature documentary on Poet Laureate and environmental activist [[W.S. Merwin]], entitled "[[Even Though the Whole World Is Burning]]". A one-hour version of the film, "[[W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree]]", was broadcast nationally on PBS in 2016.
Schaefer directed the one-hour television documentary ''Contested Streets'',<ref>{{Citation |last=Schaefer |first=Stefan C. |title=Contested Streets |date=2006-06-27 |type=Documentary |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0867147/ |access-date=2024-10-15 |others=Majora Carter, Kenneth Jackson, Robert R. Kiley |publisher=Cicala Filmworks}}</ref> which looks at what [[New York City|New York]] can learn from [[London]], [[Paris]] and [[Copenhagen]] in terms of organizing its streets and public spaces. The film was screened at environmental film festivals and aired as part of "The Green" series on the [[Sundance Channel (United States)|Sundance Channel]].<ref>{{cite news |work=Sustainablog |title=Sundance Channel Does Transportation |url=https://sustainablog.org/articles/sundance-does-transportation-cars-bikes-trains-and-more/}}</ref> In 2015, he released a feature documentary on Poet Laureate and environmental activist [[W.S. Merwin]], titled ''[[Even Though the Whole World Is Burning]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huffington Post |title=Watching the World Burn with Merwin |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-poet-gracefully-reveale_b_5434491}}</ref> A one-hour version of the film, ''[[W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree]]'', was broadcast on PBS in 2016.

Schaefer has developed and sold TV shows and films to [[Warner Bros.]], [[Sony Pictures Television]], [[The Weinstein Company]], [[AMC Networks]], [[Mandeville Films]], [[Big Beach (company)|Big Beach]] and [[Abominable Pictures]].{


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Film
!Year
!Title
!Credit
!Notes
|-
|2005
|''[[Confess (film)|Confess]]''
|Director/writer
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
|''[[Act Normal]]''
|Co-producer
|
|-
|''Contested Streets''
|Director/producer/editor
|Documentary
|-
|2007
|''[[Arranged (film)|Arranged]]''<ref>{{Cite web |author=Bennett |first=Bruce |date=2007-12-14 |title=Break On Through To The Other Side |url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/break-on-through-to-the-other-side/68087/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620210700/http://www.nysun.com/arts/break-on-through-to-the-other-side/68087/ |archive-date=June 20, 2008}}</ref>
|Director/writer/producer
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
|''The Higher Force''
|Writer/producer/actor
|
|-
|''[[The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela]]''
|Writer/producer/actor
|
|-
|2009
|''The Hungry Ghosts''
|Producer/actor
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2011
|''The Roundup''
|Director/writer/producer
|Short film
|-
|''Get a Job''<ref>{{Cite web |author=Chatenlever, Rick |date=April 2010 |title=Get A Job in the movie biz |url=http://www.mauinews.com/page/blogs.detail/display/2226.html/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426055439/http://www.mauinews.com/page/blogs.detail/display/2226.html/ |archive-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref>
|Producer/actor
|
|-
|''[[My Last Day Without You]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-06-22 |title=Cameras Set To Roll on US-German Romance My Last Day Without You |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/cameras-set-to-roll-on-us-german-romance-my-last-day-without-you/5015319.article |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201533/http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/cameras-set-to-roll-on-us-german-romance-my-last-day-without-you/5015319.article |archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref>
|Director/writer/producer
|
|-
|2014
|''[[Even Though the Whole World Is Burning]]''
|Director/writer/producer
|Documentary
|-
|2017
|''Kuleana''
|Producer/actor
|
|-
|2020
|''[[Aloha Surf Hotel]]''<ref>{{Cite web |author=Subiono, R |date=2023-10-05 |title=Maui screenwriter welcomes new union deal as 148-day strike ends |url=https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2023-10-05/pay-bumps-and-ai-rules-as-writers-across-the-country-return-to-work-after-148-days |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221030512/https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2023-10-05/pay-bumps-and-ai-rules-as-writers-across-the-country-return-to-work-after-148-days |archive-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref>
|Director/writer/producer
|
|-
|2023
|''Viral''
|Director/co-writer/producer
|Short film
|-
|2024
|''Grit & Gratitude: The Sig Anderman Story''
|Director/writer/producer
|Documentary
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Television
!Year
!Title
!Credit
|-
|2009
|''Circledrawers''<ref>{{Cite web |author=Mack, R |date=2009-06-10 |title=Angels Walk Amongst Us in Web-Series 'Circledrawers' |url=http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/angels-walk-amongst-us-in-web-series-circledrawers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612225721/http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/angels-walk-amongst-us-in-web-series-circledrawers/ |archive-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref>
|Co-creator/producer/actor
|-
|2012
|''First Lady'' / ''Nicht mit mir, Liebling''
|Writer
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
|''The Paradise Within'' / ''Das Paradies in uns''
|Writer
|-
|''To Love, Let Go'' / ''Wer liebt, lässt los''
|Writer
|-
|2015
|''{{Ill|Bluewater: Nightmare in Paradise|de|Blauwasserleben}}'' / ''Blauwasserleben''
|Writer
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016
|''Surf Break Hotel''
|Director/writer/producer
|-
|''[[W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree]]''
|Director/writer/producer
|-
|2018
|''I Am Because You Are''
|Director/writer/producer
|}


==Awards and nominations==
===Theatrical===
* 2005 - ''[[Confess (film)|Confess]]'' (writer/director)
* 2006 - ''[[Act Normal]]'' (2006) (co-producer)
* 2006 - ''Contested Streets'' (director/producer/editor)
* 2007 - ''[[Arranged (film)|Arranged]]'' (writer/director/producer)
* 2008 - ''The Higher Force'' (writer/producer/actor)
* 2008 - ''[[The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela]]'' (writer/producer/actor)
* 2009 - ''The Hungry Ghosts'' (producer/actor)
* 2011 - ''The Roundup'' (short) (writer/director/producer)
* 2011 - ''Get a Job'' (producer/actor)
* 2012/13 - ''[[My Last Day Without You]]'' (writer/director/producer)
* 2015 - ''[[Even Though the Whole World Is Burning]]'' (writer/director/producer)
* 2017 - ''Kuleana'' (producer/actor)
* 2020/21 - ''[[Aloha Surf Hotel]]'' (writer/director/producer)
* 2023 - ''Viral'' (short) (co-writer/director/producer)
* 2024 - ''Grit & Gratitude: The Sig Anderman Story'' (writer/director/producer)


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===Television===
* 2009 - ''Circledrawers'' (co-creator/producer/actor)
* 2012 - ''First Lady'' / Nicht mit mir, Liebling (writer)
* 2013 - ''The Paradise Within'' / Das Paradies in uns (writer)
* 2013 - ''To Love, Let Go'' / Wer liebt, lässt los (writer)
* 2015 - ''Blue Water Living'' / Blauwasserleben (writer)
* 2016 - ''Surf Break Hotel'' (writer/director/producer)
* 2016 - ''[[W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree]]'' (writer/director/producer)
* 2018 - ''I Am Because You Are'' (writer/director/producer)


* 2003 – Berlin Talents, [[Berlin International Film Festival]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Berlinale Talents - Stefan Schaefer |url=https://www.berlinale-talents.de/bt//talent/stefan-schaefer/profile |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=Berlinale Talents |language=en}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations==
* 2003 – [[New York Foundation for the Arts]] Fellowship in Screenwriting
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* 2004 – Grand Prize in Digital Filmmaking from Apple and Panasonic
* 2002 - Berlin Talents, [[Berlin International Film Festival]]
* 2004 – Writer-in-Residence, [[Omi International Arts Center]]
* 2003 - [[New York Foundation for the Arts]] Fellowship in Screenwriting
* 2005 – Best Screenwriter [[Hamptons International Film Festival]], ''[[Confess (film)|Confess]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=2005 Hamptons International Film Festival award winners |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000310/2005/1/}}</ref>
* 2004 - Grand Prize in Digital Filmmaking from Apple and Panasonic
* 2007 – [[Washington Jewish Film Festival]]: Audience Award [[Arranged (film)|''Arranged'']]
* 2004 - Writer-in-Residence, [[Omi International Arts Center]]
* 2005 - Best Screenwriter [[Hamptons International Film Festival]], ''[[Confess (film)|Confess]]''
* 2007 – Berkshire Int'l Film Festival: Audience Award ''Arranged''
* 2007 – Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival: Best Film ''Arranged''<ref>{{Cite web |title=IMDb.com Brooklyn International Film Festival 2007 award winners |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000838/2007/1/}}</ref>
* 2007 - Washington Jewish Film Festival: Audience Award [[Arranged (film)|''Arranged'']]
* 2008 – [[Berlin International Film Festival]]: [[Teddy Award]] for Best Feature Film [[The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela|''The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela'']]''
* 2007 - Berkshire Int'l Film Festival: Audience Award ''Arranged''
* 2007 - Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival: Best Film ''Arranged''
* 2008 – Skip City Int'l Film Festival: Grand Prize, $100,000 award for Best Film ''Arranged''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skip City |title=Results |url=http://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/2009/en/archive/prize/}}</ref>
* 2008 - [[Berlin International Film Festival]]: [[Teddy Award]] for Best Feature Film '[[The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela]]''
* 2011 – [[Brooklyn International Film Festival]]: Best Producer ''[[My Last Day Without You]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brooklyn International Film Festival 2011 award winners |website=[[IMDb]] |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000838/2011/1/}}</ref>
* 2008 - Skip City Int'l Film Festival: Grand Prize, $100,000 award for Best Film ''Arranged''
* 2011 – [[Big Island Film Festival]]: Audience Choice Award ''Get A Job''
* 2011 - [[Brooklyn International Film Festival]]: Best Producer [[My Last Day Without You]]
* 2012 – [[Black Reel Awards]]: Best Original Song ''My Last Day Without You'' (nominated)
* 2011 - [[Big Island Film Festival]]: Audience Choice Award ''Get A Job''
* 2012 – [[Black Reel Awards]]: Best Independent Feature Film ''My Last Day Without You''
* 2018 – Writer-in-Residence, [an Cab Literary Residence]
* 2012 - [[Black Reel Awards]]: Best Original Song ''[[My Last Day Without You]]'' (nominated)
* 2012 - [[Black Reel Awards]]: Best Independent Feature Film ''My Last Day Without You''
* 2018 – [[Maui Film Festival]]: Best Hawaiian Short Film ''I Am Because You Are''
* 2020 – [[Hawaii International Film Festival]]: Made-in Hawaii Best Feature ''[[Aloha Surf Hotel]]'' (nominated)
* 2018 - Writer-in-Residence, [an Cab Literary Residence]
* 2018 - [[Maui Film Festival]]: Best Hawaiian Short Film ''I Am Because You Are''
* 2021 – [[Hawaii Film Critics Society]]: Best Hawaii Feature Film ''Aloha Surf Hotel'' (nominated)
* 2022 – Individual Artist Grant from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and the [[Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=SFCA grantee spotlight |title=Viral |url=https://sfca.hawaii.gov/sfca-grantee-spotlight-short-film-by-maui-teens-world-premiere-at-film-festival/}}</ref>
* 2020 - [[Hawaii International Film Festival]]: Made-in Hawaii Best Feature ''[[Aloha Surf Hotel]]'' (nominated)
* 2021 - [[Hawaii Film Critics Society]]: Best Hawaii Feature Film ''Aloha Surf Hotel'' (nominated)
* 2022 - Individual Artist Grant from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]] and the [[Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts]].


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
^ {{Cite web |title=Break On Through To The Other Side |author=Miller, B |url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/break-on-through-to-the-other-side/68087/ |date=2007-12-14}}


* {{Official website|https://www.stefancschaefer.com}}
^ {{Cite news |title=Arranged Film Review |author=Scheib, R |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117935647.html |date=2007-12-13 |work=Variety}}


^ {{Cite web |title=Angels Walk Amongst Us in Web-Series 'Circledrawers' |author=Mack, R |url=http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/angels-walk-amongst-us-in-web-series-circledrawers/ |date=2009-06-10}}

^ {{Cite web |title=SxSW '07 Interview "Arranged" Directors Stefan Schaefer & Diane Crespo |author=Weinburg, S |url=http://efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=2087/ |date=March 2007}}

^ {{Cite web |title=Get A Job in the movie biz |author=Chatenlever, Rick |url=http://www.mauinews.com/page/blogs.detail/display/2226.html/ |date=April 2010}}

^ {{Cite web |title=Cameras Set To Roll on US-German Romance My Last Day Without You |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/cameras-set-to-roll-on-us-german-romance-my-last-day-without-you/5015319.article |date=2010-06-22}}

^ {{Cite web |title=Comedy On Maui To Feature Has-Been Surf Character |author=Gordon, M |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/features/comedy-on-maui-to-feature-has-been-surf-pro-character/ |date=February 2016}}

^ {{Cite web |title=Hollywood Looks to Maui |author=Gordon, M |url=http://www.honolulupulse.com/2015/04/outtakes-maui-prospects/ |date=April 2016}}

^ {{Cite web |title='Aloha Surf Hotel' director on the local film scene |author=Subiono, R |url=https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2021-10-21/aloha-surf-hotel-director-on-the-local-film-scene |date=2021-10-21}}

^ {{Cite web |title=Maui screenwriter welcomes new union deal as 148-day strike ends |author=Subiono, R |url=https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2023-10-05/pay-bumps-and-ai-rules-as-writers-across-the-country-return-to-work-after-148-days |date=2023-10-05}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1516290}}
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* [https://www.stefancschaefer.com], official personal website


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Stefan Schaefer
Schaefer in 2015
Born
Stefan Schaefer

(1971-08-17) August 17, 1971 (age 53)
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationWesleyan University (BA)
University of Kiel (Fulbright Scholar)
Occupations
SpouseChenta Laury
Children2

Stefan Schaefer (born August 17, 1971) is an American writer, director and producer of films and television.

Biography

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Early life and education

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Schaefer was born in Boston. He spent his childhood in Sussex, England, and his teenage years in Michigan and New York. He studied theater and political theory at Wesleyan University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. After a year and a half in Germany as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Kiel, he returned to New York and co-founded the production company Cicala Filmworks.[1]

He is the maternal grandson of polar explorer and ornithologist Carl R. Eklund.[2]

Career

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Schaefer's films have premiered and won several awards at festivals such as the Berlin International Film Festival and SXSW,[3]and have been released theatrically and via outlets such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO, PBS, and the Sundance Channel.[4]

He has over fifteen feature film credits and has worked with Melissa Leo, Ali Larter, Zoe Lister-Jones, Ken Duken, Nicole Beharie, David Harbour, and Michael Imperioli. In addition to indie features, Schaefer and writing partner Chris Silber[5] have written four TV movies for European networks ARD and ZDF, two of which were filmed in Hawaii.[6]

Schaefer directed the one-hour television documentary Contested Streets,[7] which looks at what New York can learn from London, Paris and Copenhagen in terms of organizing its streets and public spaces. The film was screened at environmental film festivals and aired as part of "The Green" series on the Sundance Channel.[8] In 2015, he released a feature documentary on Poet Laureate and environmental activist W.S. Merwin, titled Even Though the Whole World Is Burning.[9] A one-hour version of the film, W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree, was broadcast on PBS in 2016.

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Credit Notes
2005 Confess Director/writer
2006 Act Normal Co-producer
Contested Streets Director/producer/editor Documentary
2007 Arranged[10] Director/writer/producer
2008 The Higher Force Writer/producer/actor
The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela Writer/producer/actor
2009 The Hungry Ghosts Producer/actor
2011 The Roundup Director/writer/producer Short film
Get a Job[11] Producer/actor
My Last Day Without You[12] Director/writer/producer
2014 Even Though the Whole World Is Burning Director/writer/producer Documentary
2017 Kuleana Producer/actor
2020 Aloha Surf Hotel[13] Director/writer/producer
2023 Viral Director/co-writer/producer Short film
2024 Grit & Gratitude: The Sig Anderman Story Director/writer/producer Documentary
Television
Year Title Credit
2009 Circledrawers[14] Co-creator/producer/actor
2012 First Lady / Nicht mit mir, Liebling Writer
2013 The Paradise Within / Das Paradies in uns Writer
To Love, Let Go / Wer liebt, lässt los Writer
2015 Bluewater: Nightmare in Paradise [de] / Blauwasserleben Writer
2016 Surf Break Hotel Director/writer/producer
W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree Director/writer/producer
2018 I Am Because You Are Director/writer/producer

Awards and nominations

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References

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  1. ^ Cicala Filmworks, retrieved 2011-03-22
  2. ^ "Eklund's Antarctic". www.karinschaefer.com. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  3. ^ Ankrum, Nora (March 9, 2007). "Looking More Closely When Others Look Away". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  4. ^ "A Little Confession is Good for the Soul: An Interview with Writer/Dir". Writers Store. 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  5. ^ Rotterdam Film Festival. "The Hungry Ghosts".
  6. ^ Die Stimme Berlins. "Blauwasserleben: Wie eine Traumreise zum Albtraum wurde".
  7. ^ Schaefer, Stefan C. (2006-06-27), Contested Streets (Documentary), Majora Carter, Kenneth Jackson, Robert R. Kiley, Cicala Filmworks, retrieved 2024-10-15
  8. ^ "Sundance Channel Does Transportation". Sustainablog.
  9. ^ Huffington Post. "Watching the World Burn with Merwin".
  10. ^ Bennett, Bruce (2007-12-14). "Break On Through To The Other Side". Archived from the original on June 20, 2008.
  11. ^ Chatenlever, Rick (April 2010). "Get A Job in the movie biz". Archived from the original on April 26, 2010.
  12. ^ "Cameras Set To Roll on US-German Romance My Last Day Without You". 2010-06-22. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  13. ^ Subiono, R (2023-10-05). "Maui screenwriter welcomes new union deal as 148-day strike ends". Archived from the original on February 21, 2024.
  14. ^ Mack, R (2009-06-10). "Angels Walk Amongst Us in Web-Series 'Circledrawers'". Archived from the original on June 12, 2009.
  15. ^ "Berlinale Talents - Stefan Schaefer". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 2024-10-13.
  16. ^ "2005 Hamptons International Film Festival award winners". IMDb.
  17. ^ "IMDb.com Brooklyn International Film Festival 2007 award winners". IMDb.
  18. ^ Skip City. "Results".
  19. ^ "Brooklyn International Film Festival 2011 award winners". IMDb.
  20. ^ SFCA grantee spotlight. "Viral".
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