Damon Santostefano
| Damon Santostefano | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
Damon Santostefano is an American film director and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the 1999 Warner Brothers feature film Three To Tango starring Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell and Dylan McDermott, Bring It On Again,[1] and for the television series Clueless.
Biography
Santostefano was performing stand-up comedy in his hometown of Boston during his teens. While attending New York University Film School he began working professionally as a director, creating award-winning short films and documentaries. After college, Santostefano established a production company where he developed and directed film and television projects for HBO, Showtime, PBS and Paramount Television. He also directed several Off-Broadway stage productions including award-winning plays at The American Place Theatre. For the renowned BAM Festival (Brooklyn Academy of Music) he directed Stockhausen's contemporary opera "Leben (opera)."
Santostefano began a screenwriting career upon selling his first screenplay to Columbia Pictures and has continued writing and co-writing screenplays for several studios.
Director – filmography
- A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A Song (2011)
- Best Player (2011)
- Another Cinderella Story (2008)
- Bring It On Again (2004)
- Last Man Running (2003)
- The District
- Rage Against the Machine (2001) TV Episode
- The War Next Door (2000) TV Series
- Three to Tango (1999)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (1997) TV Series
- The High Life (1996) TV Series
- Clueless (1996) TV Series
- Skwids (1996) TV Series
- Bob and Sully (1995) TV Series
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1993–1996) TV Series
- Yellow Fever (1994) TV Episode
- Severed Ties (1992)
- Scream Greats, Vol. 2 Satanism and Witchcraft (1986)
- Scream Greats, Vol. 1 Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects (1986)
- Fright Show (1985)
Writer – filmography
- Last Man Running (2003)
Awards
- CableACE Award – Best Series ("The Adventures of Pete and Pete")
Personal life
- Former brother-in-law of Peter Masterson, Jennifer Tost, and Alexandra Masterson.
- 1999: Engaged to Mary Stuart Masterson (Divorced)
- Former son-in-law of Peter Masterson and Carlin Glynn.