Stephen Dackson

Mentored in the art of screenwriting by acclaimed actor/writer/director Tom Noonan, two of Stephen's feature length screenplays, The Brane Universe and Underbellies, were finalists in the Slamdance Screenplay Competition. Octogenarius, a script Stephen co-wrote with his partner, Andrew Friedman, was named Best Unproduced Screenplay of 2012 by Indiewire's The Playlist. Born and raised in Queens, Stephen studied at New York University and School of Visual Arts.