Part-Egyptian, part-Iraqi, part-provocateur, part-sensitivity coach, with a dose of middle American suburban sprawl - Steven Nashed Huffaker grew up in Riverside, CA the middle child in a devout religious family.

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Steven had a crisis of faith in 6th Grade and began to make funny & strange videos as a coping strategy.

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Steven’s world opened up exponentially in his early 20s when he moved abroad & lived in Thailand, India and the Middle East. He worked in documentary film, developed a passion for it, and re-joined American society to enroll in the highly competitive MFA Film Directing program at UCLA.  At UCLA he had great success with a number of short films – and was quite surprised to find his path led him back to comedy.

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Commercials that Steven made at UCLA won prestigious festivals, from Freshstep and E-Harmony, to Sprite Films--which screened in 23,000 theaters nationwide. One of Steven’s student short films won Best Narrative Film at UCLA's Director's Spotlight Festival, beating out over 100 other shorts.

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Steven’s first feature “Love in Moreno Valley” was made for $30,000 and won Best Director at Chicago Comedy Film Festival. Shortly after, James Franco approached Steven to direct a Lifetime movie, which was their highest rated film of 2018.

 

Steven is most interested in the emotional journey of characters, authenticity, and helping enable actors to access their creative-spirit, which Steven views as sacred.

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Repped by Zero Gravity: info@zerogravitymanagement.com

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