Stephen's animation career began in his youth in Indiana, creating such serious stop-motion shorts as Dog vs. the GI Joe.
Now finishing his third year at NYU, Stephen still loves animation. In 2004, he won the National Student TV Award of Excellence for Technical Achievement. Since then, he's interned at Warner Bros. Animation on Teen Titans and worked on SNL TV Funhouse cartoons at Wachtenheim/Marianetti LLC. Stephen’s currently an animator on the hit Nick Jr. show, Wonder Pets!
Stephen’s animated short, Bigfoot's Eulogy, was a finalist in the 2006 Adobe Design Achievement Awards. It also won 2nd place for Non-Traditional Animation in the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's 2007 College TV Awards. He’s currently wrapping up his next short, Shark Suit: the Musical.