Biographie
Director, screenwriter, playwright, and film composer, Stephen Savage first came to prominence as the creative force behind the romantic ecology centered comedy "Cosmic Radio", starring Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Oscar winner Wes Studi, Taboo of Black Eyed Peas, legendary actor Seymour Cassel, and Irene Bedard (the voice of Disney's "Pocahontas"). The film was the sleeper hit of the Palm Springs International Film Festival, becoming the first film to sell out all three of its opening weekend screenings, and then went on to screen out of competition at Sundance that same year before finding wide streaming distribution on Netflix UK, Amazon Prime, AppleTV, and more. His Hitchcock inspired thriller, "Legacy", enjoyed a wide global release in 7 languages, and his female driven rock climbing movie, "Vertical", was the winner of the Best international Film Award at the 2015 London International Film Festival, and won the Audience Choice trophy and Best International Director award at the 2015 Paris Film Expo before it began streaming worldwide on half a dozen platforms, and his supernatural western thriller, The Hunter's Moon, enjoyed a 3 month run on The original Sundance Channel, His commercial work for such prominent clients as Honda, Tesla, Hyundai, Acura, Qantas Airlines, and Kia, plus his award winning work on the 2012 Super Bowl Ad Spot for Suzuki, along with his work with the A&E Network and The History Channel, have all contributed to his status as a major force in film, TV, and Web Based advertising, and helped make him a triple threat in the film, TV and commercial ad game. His upcoming 3 picture deal with Baylor Films (through his self owned production company, Lunatopia), includes "Monkey Grip", a crime drama filming in California. Arizona, and in Las Vegas in the spring of 2026, and the action-adventure film "MacAlester" in development for production in the spring of 2027. Savage is also the author of the yearly produced adaptation of California's Official State Play, "Ramona", based on the 1884 Helen Hunt Jackson novel and the 1923 stage play of the same name, which is performed each spring in the beautiful 6000 seat Ramona Bowl Amphitheater in Southern California. The play had its first official read through before a full house of industry professionals and press at the Wells Fargo Theater at the Autry Western Heritage Museum in Griffith Park in Los Angeles in 2014. Celebrities On Stage to read roles included Jim Beaver (Breaking Bad, Supernatural), Conor O'Farrell (The Pacific, CSI), Claudia Ferri (Palm Royal, Queen of the South), and Mark Boone Junior (Sons Of Anarchy, Batman Begins) among many others. Savage is the founder and director of the Idyllwild International Festival Of Cinema, occurring the first week of every March in Idyllwild, California, and the once every 4 year Scotland International Film Festival, held just outside Edinburgh.
