Biography

Originally from Santa Cruz, Stephen began making LEGO stop-motion films at the age of eleven. Throughout grade school, he continued to build his skill set, learning professional editing software such as Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe After Effects, and Blender 3D. Stephen also learned unscripted storytelling while documenting his high school youth group's disaster relief trips over several years. During junior college, he worked many film-related odd jobs around the community.

In 2016, Stephen was accepted into the Film and Television Production program at the University of Southern California, where he continued to build his network and portfolio working on many student productions. After graduation, Stephen worked for four years on James Cameron's Avatar Sequels as a Render Quality Control and Post-visualization artist.

Stephen currently lives in the Los Angeles area, and works as a freelance visual effects supervisor and artist.
- IMDb mini biography by: Stephen Burchell