About

Known credits:
28
Birthday:
1981-05-23
Place of birth:
Redwood City, California, USA
Website:
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Courtney Stephens

Overview

Courtney Stephens (US) is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her non-fiction and experimental films address the contours of language, historical memory and women's lives. Her work has been exhibited at the Berlinale, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Film Festival, the National Gallery of Art, South by Southwest, The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and the Hong Kong, Camden, Mumbai, Luxembourg, Dhaka and San Francisco International Film Festivals. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, a California Humanities Grant, fellowships from MacDowell, Yaddo, Pocantico and the Sloan Foundation and was one of Filmmaker Magazine's twenty-five "New Faces of Independent Film." A graduate of the American Film Institute, she co-founded the Los Angeles microcinema Veggie Cloud and has curated film programs for The Getty Museum, the Museum of the Moving Image, UnionDocs and Flaherty NYC.

Known for

Acting
2021 Topology of Sirens Actor Cas 58
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2002 Scumrock Actor Jelly Davis 58
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Directing
2025 Invention Directing Director 58
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2025 John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Directing Director 58
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2022 Lesser Choices Directing Director 59
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2021 Terra Femme Directing Director N/A
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2020 Iris Season Directing Director N/A
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2020 CINEMA-19 Directing Director N/A
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2020 Perfect Fifths Directing Director N/A
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2020 The American Sector Directing Director N/A
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2018 Mixed Signals Directing Director N/A
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2017 Labial Quinet Directing Director N/A
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2017 Mating Games Directing Director N/A
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2017 Ida Western Exile Directing Director 58
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Writing
2025 Invention Writing Writer 58
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2025 John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Writing Writer 58
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2020 The American Sector Writing Screenplay N/A
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2017 Ida Western Exile Writing Writer 58
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2010 Equestrian Sexual Response Writing Screenplay 59
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Production
2025 Invention Production Producer 58
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2021 Terra Femme Production Producer N/A
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2017 Ida Western Exile Production Producer 58
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Camera
2025 John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Camera Director of Photography 58
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2017 Ida Western Exile Camera Director of Photography 58
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Editing
2025 Invention Editing Editor 58
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2025 John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Editing Editor 58
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2020 The American Sector Editing Editor N/A
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2017 Ida Western Exile Editing Editor 58
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