About Russ
Russ Stepan is a multi-faceted visual storyteller and award-winning filmmaker. He's gained a handful of laurel awards from some old films submitted to oddly-specific-themed film fests, and his newer video edits have gotten the global attention of tens of millions of people, including news outlets Vice and Newsweek, among others.
But he doesn't let this go to his head, and still lives and freelances in humble Obscurity, Los Angeles.
His early start entertaining family, friends and classmates began his life-long pursuit of art and film, leading him to fulfill a myriad of positions across the entertainment industry, at legit companies you've definitely heard of. It is because of this encompassing first-hand understanding of the complexities of various department heads that he is able to express his desires and know realistic limitations when it comes to production.
Despite his love for over-the-top action, it's his various heartfelt lifestyle and animation works at Hallmark which have outlived the eCards platform and consistently still trend on GIPHY as top-performing shareable content.
As a director driven by a penchant for the indexical capture of reality, who embraces the magic of special effects, and is obsessed with producing good art, Russ brings creative innovation, cohesion, and panache to the helm of any production.
Despite his love for over-the-top action, it's his various heartfelt lifestyle and animation works at Hallmark which have outlived the eCards platform and consistently still trend on GIPHY as top-performing shareable content.
As a director driven by a penchant for the indexical capture of reality, who embraces the magic of special effects, and is obsessed with producing good art, Russ brings creative innovation, cohesion, and panache to the helm of any production.