Stephen Cone

Stephen Cone

director, writer, producer

Stephen Cone was born on Aug 10, 1980 in USA. Stephen Cone's big-screen debut came with The Wise Kids directed by Stephen Cone in 2011. Stephen Cone is known for Black Box directed by Stephen Cone, Josephine Decker stars as Holly and Austin Pendleton as William Peters. Stephen Cone has got 7 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award Stephen Cone achieved is Chicago International Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Stephen Cone plays is Princess Cyd which will be released on Nov 03, 2017.

Stephen Cone is a South Carolina-raised, Chicago-based filmmaker whose film Princess Cyd was named one of the best movies of the decade by Vanity Fair, and who has received recent early career retrospectives on the Criterion Channel, MUBI and at the Museum of the Moving Image, Berlin's Unknown Pleasures Festival and Manchester's Bigger Than Life. Princess Cyd also appeared on multiple Best of 2017 lists including IndieWire, Vulture, Vanity Fair, Vox and NPR and screened at dozens of festivals worldwide including the BFI London Film Festival, BAMcinemaFest, Frameline and Maryland Film Festival. It was acquired for distribution by Wolfe Releasing and is now streaming on Hulu. Previously, his film Henry Gamble's Birthday Party, also streaming on Hulu, was featured in The New York Times "Anatomy of a Scene" series, screened within BAMcinemaFest and BFI Flare, and was the winner of the Silver Q Hugo Award at the 2015 Chicago International Film Festival. His film The Wise Kids won the Outfest Grand Jury Awards for US Feature and Screenwriting in 2011 and was a New York Times Critics Pick.Stephen's sister Christina Cone Doherty lives in Nashville and fronts the band Frances Cone.

  • Birthday

    Aug 10, 1980
  • Place of Birth

    Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Known For

Awards

7 wins & 3 nominations

Chicago International Film Festival
2017
Best Film
Winner - Chicago Award
2017
Princess Cyd (2017)
Winner - Chicago Award
2015
Best Feature
Winner - Silver Q Hugo Award
Kaleidoscope LGBT Festival
2017
Best Director
Winner - Jury Award
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