Courtney Stephens

Courtney Stephens is an American film-maker and based in Los Angeles. Courtney Stephens is also a photographer and was a writer working between Los Angeles and Kolkata in 2013. She has got a degree from MFA American Film Institute (2009) and even has a  university degree of New Delhi(2005) in Philosophy. 

Later on, she has been an assistant to filmmaker Terrence Malick for ‘Tree of Life’ and his next film ‘To The Wonder’. One of her thesis film ‘’Equestrian Sexual Response” for which she has been a screenwriter was nominated for Student Academy in 2010, Later on, Courtney also added the new title of writer and director in her movie credits that describe jobs few people only understand. 

In 2013, she became a writer to a short documentary ‘Sacred Clay’ which was commissioned by Temple University. The filmmaker also has crafted a path for her as a filmmaker by writing screen credits for an animation documentary film titled ‘Contributions Of Female Explores.' Overall, she has been a screenwriter for a couple of few documentaries. Courtney had later landed her a role in a Bengali biopic drama, Tutu Sinha’s ‘The Light — Swami Vivekananda’ in 2013. She also has written a film ‘Equestrian Sexual Response’ which was directed by Zeke Hawkins; this film was a product of the American Film Institute Conservatory, which had cinematography by Martim Vian. 

Courtney had handled the subject of the film on a topic of sexual discovery with tact and respectful insight for the younger generation, long  that and the  whole plot was narrated in a tender manner. This Los Angeles film-maker also had tried to make a traveler film in Kolkata and the film was an hour took into account the travel diaries of many travelers. The film was a project supported by Satyajit Ray Film and Television institute, the University of Pennsylvania Film Archives and Kew Gardens, London. She is equally strong as a filmmaker for different documentaries which has the name  of Courtney Stephens as a screenwriter.