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| education = [[Wesleyan University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of Kiel]] ([[Fulbright Scholar]])
| spouse = [[Chenta Laury]]
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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]]. He spent his childhood in [[Sussex]], [[England]], and his adolescent 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]] where he studied 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 |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 [[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>
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 several awards at festivals such as the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] and [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] {{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}, 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]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
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 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>
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>


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 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 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.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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|''[[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/ |url-status=dead |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>
|''[[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>
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|''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/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426055439/http://www.mauinews.com/page/blogs.detail/display/2226.html/ |archive-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref>
|''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>
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|''[[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 |url-status=dead |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>
|''[[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>
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|2009
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|''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/ |url-status=dead |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>
|''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>
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* 2004 – Writer-in-Residence, [[Omi International Arts Center]]
* 2004 – Writer-in-Residence, [[Omi International Arts Center]]
* 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>
* 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>
* 2007 – Washington Jewish Film Festival: Audience Award [[Arranged (film)|''Arranged'']]
* 2007 – [[Washington Jewish Film Festival]]: Audience Award [[Arranged (film)|''Arranged'']]
* 2007 – Berkshire Int'l Film Festival: Audience Award ''Arranged''
* 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 – 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>

Latest revision as of 00:12, 23 December 2024

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

[edit]

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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