JIM STEDMAN
Jim Stedman is an award-winning writer, director, animator, and producer whose work has garnered over 200 awards and been seen worldwide, with films screened at Cannes, the Directors Guild of America, SXSW, Sundance, and beyond
Jim directed and edited the featured Fandango commercial and corporate video pieces for Richard Linklater's $5.15/Hour HBO pilot, and spent over a decade as producer and editor for Linklater and Rebecca Campbell at the Austin Film Society — cutting Texas Film Hall of Fame highlights, fundraising videos, and their first-ever retrospective reel, which was honored with a screening at the Directors Guild of America in New York.
He directed and produced an animated web series for Simon Fuller (creator of American Idol, the Spice Girls) and executive producer Michael Herwick for their supergroup, Now United.
He served as senior producer and creative with AMD and DreamWorks Animation on promotional websites for Over the Hedge, Flushed Away, Shrek the Third, and Bee Movie, and co-produced and edited the EPK for the Sundance Channel's Iconoclast premiere featuring Quentin Tarantino and Fiona Apple.
Jim’s work has been featured in Variety, MovieMaker Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal, and he has lectured at the University of Texas at Austin Film School.
Jim has written, directed, and produced award-winning short films, animations and television pilots including the children's cooking show KidChef. His short Jason and the High Cost of Electricity is the only film accepted by both Project Greenlight and the Chrysler/Hypnotic/Universal Studios Million Dollar Film Festival. He was named to Project Greenlight's Top 50 Directors and AV Video Multimedia Producer's Top 100 Producers three years in a row and his work has been featured by Funny or Die.
He also co-produced the Prop 4 trailer that helped secure over $31.5 million for Austin cultural institution, and freelanced as a copywriter for FOX Television and Disney Buena Vista.
Jim co-directed the web series Chic Mama Drama. He is also co-creator of the comic strip Angst, published in the Austin American Statesman.
In addition to his film and animation work, Jim produces content for Danna Stedman Studio and 05min Productions. His music credits include original compositions with his daughter, Alex Paisley Stedman, and a scoring collaboration with Grammy-winning artist Michael Ramos on short films and documentaries.
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DANNA STEDMAN
Danna Stedman has co-written and produced for television, commercials and seven award-winning short films including, Pursuit of Happiness, Jason and the High Cost of Electricity, Love and Surveillance, Last Cigarette and Couches, Tables and Darts and the documentary Buy 1, Get 5 Free (see Shorts, Etc. section).
Danna produced the featured Fandango commercial and corporate video pieces for Richard Linklater's $5.15/hour HBO pilot.
She co-produced the EPK for the Sundance Channel's Iconoclast premiere party featuring Quentin Tarantino and Fiona Apple.
Danna co-produced the video greeting from the Austin Film Society to Quentin Tarantino. The piece covered the Austin regional premiere for Kill Bill and was sent directly to Tarantino.
Danna has written and produced award winning animations - many which have been featured by Funny or Die. Animations include Petey's Playhouse and Slurry: Siri's Sloppy Cousin, and Super-O’s Man (see Animation section).
She co-produced the Prop 4 trailer helping to secure over $31.5 million for critical upgrades to the Austin Sound Stages, Zach Scott Theater and six other Austin cultural institutions.
She co-wrote the documentary, Chimfunshi, produced by Flathead Films. She has also co-written the shorts, Tempting David, produced by Goldenhead LLC and Charles Gillpatrick: Front Desk Clerk, produced by Chrysler/Hypnotic/Universal Studios as part of their Million Dollar Film Festival.
These award-winning films have aired on the Independent Film Channel, screened at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles and New York and been accepted into Project Greenlight, SXSW, the Chrysler/Hypnotic/Universal Studios Million Dollar Film Festival, the SAG Indie booth, the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, the USA Film Festival, the Texas Filmmaker's Showcase, DocFest, Slamdunk, and the Austin Film Festival (see Awards section).
Her short film, Jason and the High Cost of Electricity, was the only short to be accepted by both Project Greenlight and the Chrysler/Hypnotic/Universal Studios Million Dollar Film Festival in 2003.
Danna is also co-creator of the comic strip, Angst , featured in the Austin American Statesman and Mighty Sun.
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