Stephen Steelman

Directing

Stephen Steelman

Place of birth

Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.

Known for

Directing

Credits

6 titles

Stephen Steelman, a Los Angeles-based director, just received his MFA in directing from the American Film Institute. His thesis film, WHAT IF WE COULD STAY, stars Jillian Bell (from 22 Jump Street & Workaholics) and Gloria Cole (Nope, Legion). His horror short JUICED, featuring Ian Gary (Top Gun: Maverick), premiered at SCREAMFEST 2021, earning him a spot in SHOOT! Magazine’s NEW DIRECTOR SHOWCASE. Since 2011, he’s crafted music videos and tour visuals for top-tier artists like KACEY MUSGRAVES, SYSTEM OF A DOWN, THE MISFITS, GALANTIS, and more. Always experimenting with new technology, his VR short RACING FOR PINKS premiered at Hollyshorts 2018. As a creative technologist at XR Studios, he…

Known for

Behind the camera

Dark Entries poster
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An impatient teenage girl desperate to aid her dementia-stricken grandmother and her caretaker mother, turns to the occult—and unwittingly evokes something far worse than she could ever imagine.

Dark Entries

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Dark Entries poster
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An impatient teenage girl desperate to aid her dementia-stricken grandmother and her caretaker mother, turns to the occult—and unwittingly evokes something far worse than she could ever imagine.

Dark Entries

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Reality Needs A Reset poster
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Reality Needs A Reset

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What If We Could Stay poster
NR

A loveless Entity, forced to body-hop between people experiencing alcoholic blackouts, meets a fellow wanderer who embraces the chaos. Before the booze fades and sobriety separates them forever, can Entity accept their fate?

What If We Could Stay

2024

Be My Baby Now poster
NR

After surviving a violent assault, Julia Trujillo, a trans woman, moves to Los Angeles hoping for a fresh start. Alone in a new city, she dives back into dating, only to find herself navigating a series of unfortunate dates with men who see her as a fantasy rather than a person. As the dates unravel and her loneliness grows, Julia is forced to confront what she's truly searching for, and what it may cost her to keep looking.

Be My Baby Now

2026

Juiced poster
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Computer programmer Donald (Ian Gary) is a man on a deadline, grappling with sanity...and a roommate that spends a little too much time with his blender. When Donald’s cohabitant Mickey (Ekon Soong) and his girlfriend, Jessica (Tatiana Paris), go overboard with their smoothie-making as part of their prep for Burning Man, Donald is pushed to the brink. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart,” we see Donald’s professional success ultimately reveals his horrific actions.

Juiced

2021