Lorenzo DeStefano

Born in Honolulu, Hawai’i, Lorenzo DeStefano is a playwright, screenwriter, producer, director, and photographer. A member of the Directors Guild of America, he has produced and directed network series, documentaries, and narrative films, worked in U.S. and U.K. Theater, and written fiction, non-fiction, original screenplays, and adaptations.

In addition to “House Boy”, his first published novel, DeStefano is author of the short story collection, “The Shakespearean”, the essay “On Knowing Daniel Aaron” , the fact-based short story “Hitchhike”, the memoir “Visitations – Finding A Secret Relative In ModernDay Hawaii”, “Diary of a Nobody”, a feature article for The Guardian, the photographic memoir “La Hora Magica/The Magic Hour – Portraits of a Vanishing Cuba”, and the cinema memoir “Callé Cero–An Encounter with Cuban Film Director Tomas Gutierrez Alea”.

DeStefano’s screenplays include “House Boy”, “Shipment Day”, “The Diarist”, “Lads”, “Deep Inside”, “Cropper’s Cabin”, from the novel by Jim Thompson, “Appointment in Samarra”, from the novel by John O’Hara, “Waiting for Nothing”, from the novel by Tom Kromer, and “Creeps”, from the play by David E. Freeman.

Narrative films as writer/producer include “The Diarist”, a Limited Series based on “The Inman Diary”, published by Harvard University Press, and “House Boy”, a Limited Series adapted from his novel.

Narrative films as writer/producer/director include the 2022 short film “Stairway to the Stars”, starring Sean Young and Quinton Aaron, and “Shipment Day”, an adaptation of his prize-winning play.

His feature documentaries as producer/director include “Talmage Farlow”, a portrait of the American jazz guitarist, “Los Zafiros-Music From The Edge Of Time”, about the Beatles of 1960s Cuba, and “Hearing is Believing”, about the gifted young musician and composer, Rachel Flowers.

DeStefano’s plays include “House Boy”, “Shipment Day”, “Stairway To The Stars”, “Providence”, and “Camera Obscura”.

Theater directing includes William Inge’s “Natural Affection”, Horton Foote’s “The OneArmed Man”, the world premiere of Robert Schenkkan’s “Conversations with the Spanish Lady”, the world premiere of “Twisted Twain” by Bill Erwin, “Jitters” by David French, and his own productions of “Providence” and “Shipment Day”.

DeStefano’s career in motion picture film editing includes “The Blue Lagoon”, “Making Love”, “That Championship Season”, “Dreamscape”, “Girls Just Want To Have Fun”, “Thrashin’”, “Winners Take All”, “The Killing Time”, and “Gingerale Afternoon”. He
was Supervising Film Editor, Producer, and Director during the 4 season/83 episode run of the acclaimed, Emmy-winning ABC/Warner Brothers drama series, “Life Goes On”.

Photography credits include “Rest Homes Hawai’i”, “Leahi Hospital – Children’s Ward”, “Six Feet Under”, and “Queen of the Damned”. His traveling exhibition, “Cubanos-Island Portraits 1993-1998”, shown extensively in Cuba, New York, Chicago, London, Havana, Los Angeles, and Vancouver, is in the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Latin
American Art in Long Beach, California, and was acquired in 2022 by the Cuban Heritage Collection at the University of Miami.

www.lorenzodestefano.com
lorenzo@lorenzodestefano.com
P.O. BOX 2063
VENTURA, CA. 93002
805 641-3845 (landline) / 805 302-2480 (mobile)
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