Stephen Parkhurst
Directing
Biography
Stephen is a producer, director, and editor. He's produced shows and videos for CNBC, Business Insider, and Conde Nast. Stephen has directed short films and documentaries such as Near Sight, The Smog, Maineland, and Frontier, and is currently in pre-production on his first full-length feature.
Known For
After Curtis returns home from his morning run, his boyfriend Ritesh notices he's coughing a lot and acting a little...strange. A sci-fi thriller in the vein of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and The Fog.
The Smog
An underdog sports documentary about a long suffering high school football program and their turnaround when a former player comes back as the head coach.
Contenders
Three siblings inherit their estranged father's rural cabin after his mysterious death. They slowly realize someone, or something, still lives there.
Sight Unseen
A woman is stalked by a creature that only appears when she’s not wearing her contact lenses, which have just gone missing.
Near Sight
A journalist travels deep into the north woods to investigate a mysterious government facility that's being built there. She interviews a local conspiracy theorist who's convinced the facility is a front for a sinister secret project. The man appears crazy, until some compelling evidence begins to surface.
Frontier
The Alyssa is Real Live's most popular personal assistant AI. Craig has relied on his Alyssa for years, until one morning while making his favorite breakfast, Alyssa bricks. Real Live sends Rachel, a repair tech, to take a look. While Rachel is rebooting Alyssa, she and Craig share a basic human connection, one that Craig hasn't experienced in years.