Biographie
Producer and Director, Christopher De Stefano is a native Floridian independent filmmaker born in Miami Beach, Florida to an Italian-American New York City father and a British mother in 1971. Christopher is the youngest sibling of out of four. A summa cum laude 2006 graduate from Miami-Dade College: North Campus with an A.S. degree in Film Production. Christopher also holds an A.A. degree in Commercial Art from International Fine Arts College and a B.S. degree in Communications from St. Thomas University and a certification in International Government & Cultural Relations from Tver State University in Moscow, Russia.
For nearly 20 years, Christopher has been in the film production field in South Florida area in-front and behind the camera. Christopher has worked on such motion picture shoots as Magic City, Burn Notice, Charlie's Angels (2011), The Glades, Graceland, Step Up: Revolution, Pain and Gain, IronMan 3, Spring Break Reunion II, True Lies, Just Cause, Wild Things, Any Given Sunday, 2Fast 2Furious, A Miami Tail, From Justin To Kelly, Transporter 2, Gold Rush and more.
Christopher has served as producer for his own companies of School Boy Productions, LLC, and New Vision Films, LLC. Under his third company, De Stefano Studio Films, LLC, Christopher has written, produced, edited and directed several short films, Cole, The Proposal, Vengeance, The Coffee Shop Robbery, All Hallowe'en Eve, Coming Out, Saudade and It's About Time!
Christopher De Stefano's short films, "It's About Time!" is the 2008 Communicator Awards ~ Sliver Award winner for Producer, 2008 Telly Awards ~ Bronze Award winner for Best Cinematography & Producer, and the 2006 Aurora Awards® ~ Platinum Best of Show winner in "Student Film." "The Coffee Shop Robbery" is the 2007 Aurora Awards® ~ Gold Award winner in the "Student Film."
