SuperAnon
Short Film, Directed by Stephen H. Plitt, Four Dimensional Films
winner more than 20 awards
SuperAnon was an entry in ReelFast, a 48 hour film contest in Vancouver. It was made for a budget of $256, two hundred of which was the entry fee. It won Best Film (out of a field of 79 entries) and Best Achievement by an ensemble.
It was an improv piece, with nine actors and myself, who performed almost all the crew operations (light, camera, sound, half the editing…). If we needed a boom mic, one of the off-camera cast was drafted.
It has since gone on to win over 20 awards on almost every continent and New York City. The film does very well with audiences, and I’m currently working on a feature version. I’ve completed the script, although it needs a polish draft (a writer is never satisfied), and the pitch is the simplest I’ve ever seen or heard:
“SuperAnon is the support group for family members of superheroes.”
Hard Drive 13
Web Series, Written, Directed, and Edited by Stephen H. Plitt, Hard Drive 13 Productions
winner, 6 awards
Hard Drive 13 is the story of Nomad, a hacker who tests the online security of corporate websites. But when his buddy Lifer38 hacks into a military server, he finds himself in way deeper than he thought. They are joined by Dee, an old flame who joins the duo as they find their way thrown into the dark side of conspiracy. There, they must battle the Regulators, who are intent on shutting down anyone getting ideas that might threaten the over-intrusive powers that be.
We shot four and a half episodes of a web series, an experiment to see how inexpensively we could shoot an action adventure show and whether it would find an audience. It did okay, but needed more promotion, and perhaps another pass on the narrative. Seven cliff-hanger episodes were written.
Meanwhile, I’ve had to dive into some very dark territory on the Internet, where conspiracy theories and some very… interesting people lurk, waiting to draw you into their sometimes insane, sometimes all-too-real worlds.
The series has won several awards, including best direction, best effects, and best soundtrack.
I’ve been researching and writing a novel version of the story, trying to find a stronger and more accessible way of telling what is turning out to be a very technical and labyrinthine story. I think I’ve found the path. It’s awesome, scary, and fun. But nothing will get me to tell you what’s next. Yet.
Testimony: the Fanny Crosby Story
Long-Form Documentary, Written and Directed by Stephen H. Plitt, Panmedia Communications
winner, 6 awards
Fanny Crosby was an amazing woman in an amazing time. She was blind almost from her birth in 1820, but didn’t let that stop her. In an age where blindness meant being institutionalized, she went on to teach, to nurse, to help find the YMCA, to address Congress, and to be on a first name basis with twenty presidents of the United States.
But her most significant achievement was writing over ten thousand hymns, many of which are still sung today. She provided the soundtrack to several American revivals, and was one of the most liberated women of her day.
The Fanny Crosby Story is a dramatized documentary, produced mostly in Calgary, and released on DVD. It has won over six awards, including my first Best Screenplay award.
Now on Amazon Prime
Jesus the Bookie
Music Video, Directed and Edited by Stephen H. Plitt, Odd Squad Productions
Jesus the Bookie, a song written and performed by Vancouver artist Bocephus King, was a video shot in the gritty and dangerous Downtown East Side with the cooperation of the Vancouver Police Department.
Scathed
Documentary, Co-Directed and Edited by Stephen H. Plitt, Odd Squad Productions
Crystal Meth is a dangerous and cheaply-available drug that is wreaking devastation on our youth. Scathed documents the lives of several addicts and illuminates the dark and dangerous world of the drug and its manufacture.
Human Trafficking
RCMP Training film, RCMP
The Ticket
Short film, Four Dimensional Films
Afterlife Taxi
Short film, Four Dimensional Films
Metaphor
Short Film, Independent Film Group
Getting on the Internet
Instructional, Four Dimensional Films
Lifecycle of the Coathanger
Broadcast Mockumentary, Panmedia Communications
Theatrical Directing Credits
Fiddler on the Roof
Musical, Theatre In The Country
Two From Galilee
Musical, Theatre In The Country
Death Trap
Play, Theatre In The Country
Christmas Through the Ages
Musical, Langley Christian Life Assembly
Private Moments
Play, Pacific Theatre
SALT (various scripts)
Sketch Drama, Pacific Theatre