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* 2004 - Grand Prize in Digital Filmmaking from Apple and Panasonic
* 2004 - Grand Prize in Digital Filmmaking from Apple and Panasonic
* 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]]''
* 2005 - Best Screenwriter [[Hamptons International Film Festival]], ''[[Confess (film)|Confess]]''<ref>{{Cite web |title=2005 Hamptons International Film Festival award winners |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000838/2007/1/}}</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''
* 2007 - Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival: Best Film ''Arranged''<ref>{{Cite web |title=IMDb.com Brooklyn International Film Festival 2007 award winners |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000838/2007/1/}}</ref>
* 2008 - [[Berlin International Film Festival]]: [[Teddy Award]] for Best Feature Film '[[The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela]]''
* 2008 - [[Berlin International Film Festival]]: [[Teddy Award]] for Best Feature Film '[[The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela]]''
* 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 - 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>
* 2011 - [[Brooklyn International Film Festival]]: Best Producer [[My Last Day Without You]]
* 2011 - [[Brooklyn International Film Festival]]: Best Producer [[My Last Day Without You]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brooklyn International Film Festival 2011 award winners |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000838/2007/1/}}</ref>
* 2011 - [[Big Island Film Festival]]: Audience Choice Award ''Get A Job''
* 2011 - [[Big Island Film Festival]]: Audience Choice Award ''Get A Job''
* 2012 - [[Black Reel Awards]]: Best Original Song ''[[My Last Day Without You]]'' (nominated)
* 2012 - [[Black Reel Awards]]: Best Original Song ''[[My Last Day Without You]]'' (nominated)

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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)
Occupation(s) writer, director, producer
SpouseChenta Laury
Children2

Stefan Schaefer is an American writer, director and producer of films and television.

Biography

Early life and education

Schaefer was born in Boston, spent his childhood in Sussex, England and his adolescent years in Michigan and 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.[1]

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

Career

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

He has over fifteen feature film credits to his name and has worked with Melissa Leo, Ali Larter, Zoe Lister-Jones, Ken Duken, Nicole Beharie, David Harbour, and Michael Imperioli.[2] In addition to these indie features, Schaefer and writing partner Chris Silber wrote four TV movies for European networks ARD and ZDF, two of which filmed in Hawai’i.[3]

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 at environmental film festivals and aired as part of "The Green" series on the Sundance Channel.[4] In 2015, he released a feature documentary on Poet Laureate and environmental activist W.S. Merwin, entitled Even Though the Whole World Is Burning.[5] A one-hour version of the film, W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree, was broadcast nationwide on PBS in 2016.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Credit Notes
2005 Confess Director/writer
2006 Act Normal Co-producer
Contested Streets Director/producer/editor
2007 Arranged 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 Producer/actor
My Last Day Without You Director/writer/producer
2014 Even Though the Whole World Is Burning Director/writer/producer Documentary
2017 Kuleana Producer/actor
2020 Aloha Surf Hotel Director/writer/producer
2023 Viral Director/co-writer/producer Short film
2024 Grit & Gratitude: The Sig Anderman Story Director/writer/producer
Television
Year Title Credit Notes
2009 Circledrawers 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 Blue Water Living / 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

References

  1. ^ Cicala Filmworks, retrieved 2011-03-22
  2. ^ Rotterdam Film Festival. "The Hungry Ghosts".
  3. ^ Die Stimme Berlins. "Blauwasserleben: Wie eine Traumreise zum Albtraum wurde".
  4. ^ "Sundance Channel Does Transportation". Sustainablog.
  5. ^ Huffington Post. "Watching the World Burn with Merwin".
  6. ^ "2005 Hamptons International Film Festival award winners".
  7. ^ "IMDb.com Brooklyn International Film Festival 2007 award winners".
  8. ^ Skip City. "Results".
  9. ^ "Brooklyn International Film Festival 2011 award winners".
  10. ^ SFCA grantee spotlight. "Viral".

^ Miller, B (2007-12-14). "Break On Through To The Other Side".

^ Scheib, R (2007-12-13). "Arranged Film Review". Variety.

^ Mack, R (2009-06-10). "Angels Walk Amongst Us in Web-Series 'Circledrawers'".

^ Weinburg, S (March 2007). "SxSW '07 Interview "Arranged" Directors Stefan Schaefer & Diane Crespo".

^ Chatenlever, Rick (April 2010). "Get A Job in the movie biz".

^ "Cameras Set To Roll on US-German Romance My Last Day Without You". 2010-06-22.

^ Gordon, M (February 2016). "Comedy On Maui To Feature Has-Been Surf Character".

^ Gordon, M (April 2016). "Hollywood Looks to Maui".

^ Subiono, R (2021-10-21). "'Aloha Surf Hotel' director on the local film scene".

^ Subiono, R (2023-10-05). "Maui screenwriter welcomes new union deal as 148-day strike ends".

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