Introduction
Daniel Stedman is a multi-award-winning film director, producer, writer, and owner and current president of The L Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, BAMbill, Taste Talks, SummerScreen in McCarren Park, and the Northside Festival.
Background
Stedman received a degree in physics from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He currently lives in New York City, and has had poems published in the Paris journal Kilometer Zero.
Career
Filmmaker
His short film Celebration received recognition, and allowed him to be the youngest filmmaker ever invited to the Berlin International Film Festival. His work became recipient of multiple awards, most notably a Teddy Award by an independent jury at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival. His work has played at numerous international film festivals, including the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
More recently, both Stedman and his cousin Aron Epstein acted in and co-directed his film The Moth and the Firefly. Inspired by the New York City blackout of 2003, the animated short film had its world premiere at the San Joaquin International Film Festival in May 2009. It won 'Bronze Palm' at the Mexico International Film Festival.
Publisher
He is co-founder and current president of The L Magazine, and runs the web site Yourlocal.com. When first launched in 2003, The L Magazine had a heated rivalry with the New York Press. This was settled when Jeff Koyen, editor-in-chief of New York Press met with Scott Stedman, editor-in-chief of The L Magazine and brother of Daniel Stedman, for a one-on-one charity boxing match on October 29, 2003.
He is the owner and president of Brooklyn Magazine, founded in 2010.
Writer
His first children's book "The Moth and the Firefly" was published by Barnes and Noble on 5/16/2012
His series of chess poems were published in Paris by Kilometer Zero in 2003.
Filmography
- Babble (2010)
- Clownface (2010)
- The Moth and the Firefly (2009)
- Mother (2007)
- Celebration (2002)
- Fighting Still Life (2002) (assistant director)
- Maldoror (2001)
- K (1999)
Awards and nominations
- 2002, won 'Le Roger' at the Avignon Film Festival
- 2002, won 'Stonewall Award' at the Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- 2002, won 'Teddy Award' at Berlin International Film Festival
- 2002, won 'Audience Award' at Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- 2002, nominated 'Best Short Film' at Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
- "Avignon Film Festival 2002 winners". avignonfilmfest.com. Avignon Film Festival. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- "2002 Berlin International Film Festival". Berlin International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-07-01.