Writer | Director | Editor | Motion Graphics

Synthetic Human Partner Since 05-01-2007 | Click to view IMDB page

Stephen is an Arizona native with a passion for film making and an abiding interest in the darker side of motion pictures. Initially a skilled website designer, he began making movies in 2006 with Not Quite Dead, a short film about a group of friends besieged by zombies. He founded the production company Synthetic Human Pictures with the talents of Hayden Blades and David Matteson, and eventually added several other members into the group over time. In addition to commercials and documentaries, Stephen has directed the Synthetic Human short films: Not Quite Dead, Tip Jar, Drain, Common Ground, Pattern:Response, Tension of Skin and Contingency.

In 2010, Stephen was nominated for Best Director for his work on Tension of Skin. He won the Best Director honors for Contingency and To a Lesser Degree, a one-off project with The Phoenix Independent Filmmaker’s Group.

Currently, Stephen resides in Los Angeles, where he has shifted focus to creating title sequences for film and television.

FILMOGRAPHY WITH SYNTHETIC HUMAN PICTURES
A Stray (2012) – 1st Assistant Camera
Tension of Skin (2010) – Director / Poster Artist
Contingency (2010) – Writer / Director / Editor / Visual Effects
Being Nigel (2010) – Title Designer
Pattern: Response (2009) – Director / Story / Editor / Title Designer (Main On End)
ROMANaBOTTLE (2008) – Assistant Director / Editor
Her Special Day (2008) – Assistant Director / Editor
I’m Voting Republican (2008) – Assistant Director / Editor / Title Designer / Poster Artist
Drain (2007) – Writer / Director / Editor / Poster Artist
Tip Jar (2007) – Writer / Director / Poster Artist
Not Quite Dead (2006) – Writer / Director / Editor / Visual Effects

ADDITIONAL FILMOGRAPHY
The Masquerade (2025) – Title Designer
Match Point (2025) – Title Designer
Stiletto (2025) – Title Designer
Bunker (2025) – Title Designer
The Plastic Men (2025) – Title Designer
Blended Christmas (2024) – Title Designer
Once More Like Rainman (2024) – Title Designer
Roomies (2024) – Title Designer
The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood (2022) – Title Designer
Due Season (2022) – Title Designer
Horror Noire (2021) – Title Designer
Fruits of the Heart (2021) – Title Designer
Eleven Eleven (2018) – Title Designer
The Amityville Terror (2016) – Title Designer
Equals 3 (2015) – Title Designer
Rivers 9 (2015) – Title Designer
Text Wisely (2014) – Title Designer
Dose of Reality (2013) – Title Designer
A Man And His Mustache (2012) – Title Designer

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