Originally from France, Stéphanie began her career in story development at TF1 International and Canal Plus, worked as a story editor and screenwriter for French TV for several years, creating among others a Sci-Fi animated series for Luc Besson’s Europa Corp: VALERIAN & LAURELINE. She studied producing, directing and screenwriting at UCLA where she graduated in 2008. Her first feature film, THE QUIET HOUR, a sci-fi thriller starring Dakota Blue Richards (The Golden Compass, Skins, Endeavour) and Jack McMullen (Le Mans v Ferrari), premiered at Galway Film Fleadh, was nominated Best British Film at Raindance Film Festival, Best Foreign Film at the Sofia International Film Festival, won Best Film at Kansas City Film Fest, showcased at Newport Beach, sold to Sky Cinema in the UK and Amazon Prime in the U.S. She is currently developing two sci-fi thrillers as a writer-director: THE SEEDLING and ICE, which was selected for the 2019 JETS Co-Production Initiative during Berlinale where it was voted Best UK Project. ICE was also one of 6 projects selected as part of the Second Film section of the 2020 Sofia Meetings Co-production Market and has made the Top 50 in the 2020 ISA Fast Track Fellowship competition. Stéphanie is an alumna of Berlinale Talent and IFP Emerging Narrative in NYC. She lives in London, UK, and is a member of Directors UK and the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers in France.
