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Stefan Schaefer
Schaefer in 2015
Born	Stefan Schaefer (1971-08-17) August 17, 1971 (age 53) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Wesleyan University (BA) University of Kiel (Fulbright Scholar)
Occupations	Writer director producer
Spouse	Chenta Laury
Children	2

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

Biography

Early life and education

Schaefer was born in Boston. He spent his childhood in Sussex, England, and he spent 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 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.^[2]

Career

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

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^[3] have written four TV movies for European networks ARD and ZDF, two of which were filmed in Hawaii.^[4]

Schaefer directed the one-hour television documentary Contested Streets,^[5] 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.^[6] In 2015, he released a feature documentary on Poet Laureate and environmental activist W.S. Merwin, titled Even Though the Whole World Is Burning.^[7] A one-hour version of the film, W.S. Merwin: To Plant a Tree, was broadcast on PBS in 2016.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2005	Confess	Director/writer
2006	Act Normal	Co-producer
2006	Contested Streets	Director/producer/editor	Documentary
2007	Arranged^[8]	Director/writer/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	Director/writer/producer	Short film
	Get a Job^[9]	Producer/actor
	My Last Day Without You^[10]	Director/writer/producer
2014	Even Though the Whole World Is Burning	Director/writer/producer	Documentary
2017	Kuleana	Producer/actor
2020	Aloha Surf Hotel^[11]	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^[12]	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	Bluewater: Nightmare in Paradise [de] / Blauwasserleben	Writer
2016	Surf Break Hotel	Director/writer/producer
2016	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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2003 – Berlin Talents, Berlin International Film Festival^[13]
2003 – New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Screenwriting
2004 – Grand Prize in Digital Filmmaking from Apple and Panasonic
2004 – Writer-in-Residence, Omi International Arts Center
2005 – Best Screenwriter Hamptons International Film Festival, Confess^[14]
2007 – Washington Jewish Film Festival: Audience Award Arranged
2007 – Berkshire Int'l Film Festival: Audience Award Arranged
2007 – Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival: Best Film Arranged^[15]
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^[16]
2011 – Brooklyn International Film Festival: Best Producer My Last Day Without You^[17]
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 Independent Feature Film My Last Day Without You
2018 – Writer-in-Residence, [an Cab Literary Residence]
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)
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^[18]

References

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

External links

Official website

Stefan Schaefer at IMDb

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