STEVEN CANTOR is the founder of Stick Figure Studios.
Steven received an Academy Award nomination for his first documentary, BLOOD TIES: THE LIFE AND WORK OF SALLY MANN, about the notorious photographer. He received an Emmy Award nomination for the HBO/Channel 4 UK documentary DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND, about the rebellious tendencies of Amish youth and two more nominations for the HBO/BBC co-production of WHAT REMAINS, which revisited Sally Mann to follow the creation of her latest body of work on the nature of decay. He won an Emmy award for his PBS American Masters film WILLIE NELSON: STILL IS STILL MOVING. Last year, Steven was nominated for an Emmy for producing and directing the ESPN film CUTTHROAT, about injured NHL goalie, Clint Malarchuk. Steven produced and directed the Sundance film loudQUIETloud, about the reunion of the rock band, Pixies, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival and won numerous awards on the festival circuit. It was named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of the ten best rock documentaries of all-time. Steven also directed the HBO film, NO ONE DIES IN LILY DALE, about a town of psychic mediums in upstate New York. As producer, Steven was nominated for two more Emmy Awards for HBO’s I AM AN ANIMAL, about Ingrid Newkirk and her PETA organization, as well as two for the HBO film REPORTER: A FILM WITH NICHOLAS KRISTOF, which followed the New York Times columnist to the Democratic Republic of Congo in search of a story and produced UNRAVELED, a Showtime film which follows the disgraced lawyer Mark Dreier, whose firm collapsed under a giant fraud scheme, through his two month house arrest prior to his sentencing. At present, Steven is producing and directing DANCER, a BBC Films feature documentary about controversial ballet phenom, Sergei Polunin as well as CHASING TYSON, a feature documentary for ESPN as part of their ‘30 for 30’ series about Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. In addition, he has directed numerous national advertisements and Executive Produced over 20 television series through his Stick Figure banner.