Damon Santostefano
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Damon Santostefano is an American
movie director and writer. He is best known for directing the 1999 Warner Brothers feature film Three To Tango
starring Matthew Perry
, Neve Campbell
and Dylan McDermott
, and for the television series Clueless
.
. 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
."
Santostefano began a screenwriting career upon selling his first screenplay to Columbia Pictures
and has continued writing and co-writing screenplays for several studios.
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movie director and writer. He is best known for directing the 1999 Warner Brothers feature film Three To Tango
Three to Tango
Three to Tango is a 1999 romantic comedy film starring Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott and Oliver Platt.- Plot :Set amidst Chicago's swing music revival of the late 1990s, Oscar Novak , an aspiring architect and his business partner, Peter Steinberg , have just landed a career-making...
starring Matthew Perry
Matthew Perry (actor)
Matthew Langford Perry is a Canadian-American actor and comedian, best known for his Emmy-nominated role as Chandler Bing on the popular, long-running NBC television sitcom Friends...
, Neve Campbell
Neve Campbell
Neve Adrianne Campbell is a Canadian actress. After beginning her career on stage, and on numerous commercials, she starred on the Canadian television series Catwalk. She then rose to international fame on the Golden Globe-winning 1990s television series Party of Five, playing the role of teenager...
and Dylan McDermott
Dylan McDermott
Mark Anthony McDermott , better known by his professional name of Dylan McDermott, is an American actor, known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the television legal drama The Practice and his role in the series Dark Blue as Lt. Carter Shaw. McDermott currently stars in FX...
, and for the television series Clueless
Clueless (TV series)
Clueless is a television series spun off from the 1995 teen film of the same name . The series originally premiered on ABC on September 20, 1996 as a part of the TGIF lineup during its first season...
.
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 TelevisionParamount Television
Paramount Television was an American television production/distribution company that was active from January 1, 1968 to August 27, 2006.Its successor is CBS Television Studios, formerly CBS Paramount Television...
. He also directed several Off-Broadway stage productions including award-winning plays at The American Place Theatre
The American Place Theatre
The American Place Theatre was founded in 1963 by Wynn Handman, Sidney Lanier, and Michael Tolan at St. Clement's Church, far west on 46th Street in New York City and was incorporated as a not-for-profit theatre in that year. Tennessee Williams and Myrna Loy were two of the original Board members...
. For the renowned BAM Festival (Brooklyn Academy of Music) he directed Stockhausen's contemporary opera "Leben
Leben
Leben is the 3rd studio album by German electronic musician, composer and producer Christopher von Deylen under his Schiller alias. If features collaborations with renown vocalists such as Sarah Brightman, Maya Saban and Kim Sanders.-Track listing:...
."
Santostefano began a screenwriting career upon selling his first screenplay to Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
and has continued writing and co-writing screenplays for several studios.
Director - filmography
- A Cinderella Story: Once Upon A SongA Cinderella Story: Once Upon A SongA Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song is a 2011 romantic comedy directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Lucy Hale and Freddie Stroma. The film was released direct-to-DVD by Warner Premiere on September 6 2011...
(2011) - Best PlayerBest PlayerBest Player is a 2011 Television film that was released on March 12, 2011 starring Jerry Trainor as Quincy "Q" Johnson and Jennette McCurdy as Christina "Prodigy" Saunders, two stars from the hit Nickelodeon show iCarly. Filming started on October 24, 2009 in Vancouver, Canada and wrapped up...
(2011) - Another Cinderella StoryAnother Cinderella StoryAnother Cinderella Story is a 2008 romantic comedy directed by Damon Santostefano and starring Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley. The film was released direct-to-DVD by Warner Premiere on September 16, 2008. It was released on DVD in the UK on October 27, 2008...
(2008) - Bring It On AgainBring It On AgainBring It On Again is a cheerleading comedy film starring Anne Judson-Yager and Bree Turner, directed by Damon Santostefano and written by Claudia Grazioso, Brian Gunn and Mark Gunn....
(2004) - Last Man RunningLast Man RunningLast Man Running is a BBC Books original novel written by Chris Boucher and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Fourth Doctor and Leela. Leela was introduced in the television story The Face of Evil, also written by Chris Boucher...
(2003) - The DistrictThe DistrictThe District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department .-Premise:...
- Rage Against the Machine (2001) TV Episode
- The War Next DoorThe War Next DoorThe War Next Door is a short-lived American television series with only 13 episodes, created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. The show had a dark and cartoonish humor, as one of the two main characters dies at the end of each show, only to reappear alive the following episode as if nothing had...
(2000) TV Series - Three to TangoThree to TangoThree to Tango is a 1999 romantic comedy film starring Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott and Oliver Platt.- Plot :Set amidst Chicago's swing music revival of the late 1990s, Oscar Novak , an aspiring architect and his business partner, Peter Steinberg , have just landed a career-making...
(1999) - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV ShowHoney, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV ShowHoney, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show is an American syndicated science fiction sitcom based on the 1989 film, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. It expands upon the original film's concept of a shrinking experiment gone wrong to include a myriad of experiments gone awry...
(1997) TV Series - The High LifeThe High LifeThe High Life may refer to:* The High Life , a Scottish sitcom* The High Life , a DVD by ska punk band [spunge]* The High Life , an album by hip-hop artist Reef the Lost Cauze...
(1996) TV Series - CluelessClueless (TV series)Clueless is a television series spun off from the 1995 teen film of the same name . The series originally premiered on ABC on September 20, 1996 as a part of the TGIF lineup during its first season...
(1996) TV Series - Skwids (1996) TV Series
- Bob and Sully (1995) TV Series
- The Adventures of Pete & PeteThe Adventures of Pete & PeteThe Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American children's television series produced by Wellsville Pictures and broadcast by Nickelodeon. The show featured humorous and surreal elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on two brothers both named Pete Wrigley, and their various...
(1993–1996) TV Series
- The War Next Door
- Yellow Fever (1994) TV Episode
- Severed TiesSevered TiesSevered Ties is the debut album by Brisbane band, The Amity Affliction. It was released on 4 October 2008 through Boomtown Records. Severed Ties debuted at #26 on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart, and #6 on the Australian Artists Albums Chart....
(1992) - Scream Greats, Vol. 2 Satanism and Witchcraft (1986)
- Scream Greats, Vol. 1 Tom Savini, Master of Horror Effects (1986)
- Fright Show (1985)
- Severed Ties
Personal life
- Former brother-in-law of Peter MastersonPeter MastersonPeter Masterson is an American actor, director, producer and writer.Masterson often worked with his cousin, writer Horton Foote. Acting from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s,including 1975's The Stepford Wives as Walter Eberhart, since then he has concentrated mostly on directing and producing...
, Jennifer Tost, and Alexandra Masterson. - 1999: Engaged to Mary Stuart MastersonMary Stuart MastersonMary Stuart Masterson is an American film, stage and television actress and director.-Early life:Masterson was born in New York City to writer/director Peter Masterson and actress Carlin Glynn. She has two siblings: Peter Masterson Jr., and Alexandra Masterson, who are both involved in the...
(Divorced) - Former son-in-law of Peter Masterson and Carlin Glynn.