Stephen Schlueter

Stephen is a director, producer, and cinematographer with over 25 years of experience in film and television. A graduate of Syracuse University's School of Visual and Performing Arts, he has built a career across narrative features, documentaries, unscripted television, branded content, pharmaceutical videos, and music videos.

Stephen began his career collaborating with director John Hyams, shooting and producing One Dog Day, an Innovative Award Finalist at Taos Talking Pictures. He went on to produce and shoot River Red, which premiered at Sundance in the American Spectrum lineup, and The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Mark Kerr, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was acquired by HBO for their America Undercover series. He also shot IFC's feature documentary Rank, which premiered at SXSW.

In television, Stephen has shot and directed for ABC, BET, Comedy Central, Discovery, Freeform, E!, HGTV, MTV, NBCUniversal, Oxygen, OWN, TBS, TLC, TruTV, VH1, VICE, and many others. He shot over 100 episodes of the TLC series Cake Boss, directed and produced a full season of Lizard Lick Towing for TruTV, and has served as camera operator and field producer on The Kardashians. His feature work includes Dragon Eyes (Warner Brothers), starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Cung Le, and Peter Weller, and films with Tom Everett Scott, Krysten Ritter, Pete Holmes, and Jay Larson.

As a producer and content strategist, Stephen has developed series sold to Oxygen and TruTV and continues to work across scripted, unscripted, and branded content. He is available for directing, production, cinematography, editing, and content consulting engagements.

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