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Stefan C. Schaefer More at IMDbPro »

Height

6' 2" (1.88 m)

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A founder of the New York production company Cicala Filmworks, Schaefer's films have premiered and won awards at festivals such as Berlin, the Hamptons, and South by Southwest, and been successfully released theatrically, via cable outfits such as HBO and the Sundance Channel, and on DVD.

In the past five years he has written, directed and/or produced eight feature films, among them "My Last Day Without You" (2011), "First Lady" (2011), the Maui-set comedy "Get A Job" (2010), "The Hungry Ghosts" (2009), Olaf Johannesson's "The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela" (2008), "Arranged" (2007) and "Confess" (2005). On these and other projects, he worked with Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, Ali Larter, Emmy winner Michael Imperioli, Zoe Lister-Jones, William Sadler, Nicole Beharie, Ken Duken, and many more.

In addition to his work at Cicala Filmworks, in 2009 Schaefer founded Silver Shepherd Films with writing and producing partner Christoph Silber ("North Face", "Goodbye, Lenin"). Silver Shepherd focuses on international co-productions, with their first project being the forthcoming "My Last Day Without You."

Recent awards include: Grand Prize for Best Film at the Skip City Int'l Film Festival in Japan (2008), the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film at the Berlin Int'l Film Festival (2008), Best Film at the Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival (2007), Best Film/Audience Awards at the Berkshire Int'l Film Festival and the Washington Jewish Film Festival (2007), Best Screenwriter at the Hamptons Film Festival (2005), Grand Prize in Digital Filmmaking from Panasonic and Apple (2004), and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Screenwriting (2003).

Schaefer and his family split their time between Park Slope, Brooklyn and Haiku, Maui.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Cicala Filmworks

Spouse

Chenta Laury

(6 January 2004 - present) 1 child

Trivia

Graduated from Wesleyan University.

Studied as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany.

Met Icelandic collaborator Olaf de Fleur Johannesson at the 2003 Berlin Int'l Film Festival, where they had both been selected to attend the first annual Talent Campus for emerging filmmakers.

Met writing partner Christoph Silber in 2002, when Chris was hired by German producer Katrin Schloesser to rewrite a script he had optioned to her company Oe-Filmproduktion.