Stephen Cone

Stephen Cone is a South Carolina-raised, Chicago-based filmmaker whose work has recently been featured in early-career retrospectives on the Criterion Channel and MUBI, as well as at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image, Berlin's Unknown Pleasures American Film Festival, and Manchester's Bigger Than Life. His film Princess Cyd was named one of the best movies of the decade by Vanity Fair, appeared on multiple Best of the Year lists including IndieWire, Vulture, Vanity Fair, Vox and NPR, and screened at dozens of festivals worldwide, including the BFI London Film Festival, BAMcinemaFest, and Frameline, before it was acquired for distribution by Wolfe Releasing. Previously, his film Henry Gamble's Birthday Party was featured in The New York Times "Anatomy of a Scene" series, screened within BAMcinemaFest and BFI Flare London, and was the winner of the Silver Q Hugo Award at the 2015 Chicago International Film Festival. Stephen’s film The Wise Kids won the Outfest Grand Jury Awards for US Feature and Screenwriting in 2011 and was a New York Times Critics Pick. Most recently, Stephen has written screenplays for Searchlight Pictures and Tucker Tooley Entertainment, and is in development on projects for Charles Roven's Atlas Entertainment (The Dark Knight, Oppenheimer), AgX (The Persian Version), Alix Madigan's Mad Dog Films (Winter's Bone, Hold Your Breath), and Savage Rose (Everything Everywhere All At Once), as well as his own company Sunroom Pictures. Stephen has written and directed television for AMC Networks/the Sundance Channel.

Testimonials

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This (workshop) was so much more than I had hoped for. Stephen (Cone) led the workshop with his generous heart and worked with us as a colleague, not as a teacher. He brought out so much beauty and vulnerability in each student, which was received by the class with support and safety. It was a truly magical weekend.

— Claire Alpern

Stephen’s (Cone) Personal Filmmaking workshop was wonderful. It was insightful to see how simple and easy it can be to create, even when your resources may be limited. I left feeling inspired and excited to create! Huge thanks to Stephen! 

— Brenny Bravos

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