As the new year quickly approaches, I’ve been hard at work getting myself positioned for new and exciting advancements, personally and professionally. Many of my so-called resolutions are currently being documented on Stefan After Dark, including my aspirations for music, film, and photography. In short, I have some serious aspirations for 2012, especially after spending the past few years bubbling under, as it were, as I made significant transitions for the specific purpose of elevating my overall game to new and exciting levels.

While I have a number of big plans, particularly for Mode Nouveauxx and Discothèque, I’m still open for any and all creative and professional opportunities which may find their way to me. For a multitude of reasons too complex for me to delve into right now, the ushering in of an exceptional degree of widespread triumph is long past due. If nothing else, 2012 will prove to be quite the ride for everyone involved. (more…)

I’ve always been quick to state that the prospect of acting has never been a significant passion of mine, but following my “strong, silent type” cameo in LRC, I’ve actually become somewhat enamored with the idea of acting as a secondary film talent of mine, as it were. Having said that, I hadn’t anticipated taking the lead role in writer/director Chris Cooper’s short film Bombs Away! this autumn.

I have to admit, it was definitely fun being on camera, especially in a film which is absolutely unlike anything I would ever write, produce, and/or direct. In this incredibly oddball comedy, I star as Gertrude (yes, Gertrude): an excitable conspiracy theorist who displays quite a level of mental instability. As I take a technical approach to acting, I didn’t so much become my character as much as I imitated a composite of: Rusty Gartrell, Art Bell, a meth addict, and a negative stereotype of a Fox News viewer. Throw in my lingering sinus infection at the time, and Gertrude was alive and kicking. (more…)

It is with great pleasure that I announce the completion of LRC, my directorial debut produced in 2011. A promotional short conceived and executed for the campus library at my alma mater, the film is built around a fully realized screenplay and acting performances, allowing me to flex some creative muscle in the process. Along with our two incredibly talented lead actresses, I enjoyed the privilege of working with an incredible film crew of 20-plus, which is a pretty impressively sized crew for a no-budget short film.

While I myself am well aware of the overall modesty of the project (I’ll readily admit that it’s not exactly La Dolce Vita), seeing this projects through from beginning to end as director, producer, writer, and actor (I have a nonspeaking role as a strapping firefighter) represents a significant personal triumph for your’s truly. I spent so many years wanting to direct a film, and now that I’ve made it happen (with help from the right people) (more…)