Stephen Mitchell

In 1980, Stephen founded an entertainment industry think tank labeled The New Hollywood Studio System in the guise of a repertory company for film and television. He authored the Action/ReAction technique for actors (now in book form) and founded a film school with curricula for writers and directors. Stephen supervised the group until 2001.

Stephen made his first film in Paris, France and has been making independent feature films continuously over the years including Bleeder and Bates (1989), Dead Right (1990), Exigence (2017), The Dearly Departed (2017), Look into Darkness (2020) and Lunch Always! (2020).

Stephen's critically-acclaimed television series (Interview) ran from 1985 to 2001 and attracted celebrity viewers including Marlon Brando, Adrian Lyne, Ron Shelton, T-Bone Burnett, Angie Dickinson, Charlie Evans, Jr., Lou Moreheim and David Permut among others. Stephen was a CableAce Awards judge for nine years.

In 2011, Stephen was a co-producer on Charlie Evans, Jr.'s documentary Addiction Incorporated and in 2012 he wrote, produced and directed the documentary Carrera Panamericana (1950-54).

Stephen has published two novels--Ignorance is Bliss and Ray D. Shosay's Journal: Dispatches from a (junior) suite in Paris in addition to Action/ReAction: A unique and innovative technique for actors and the history of its origins… and How to Shoot a Feature Film in 15 Days (And Survive to See Profits).