Steve has been working in online media for over a decade as writer, producer, and technical consultant. He is co-founder and a principal at Smashface Productions, which develops original online video content, creates co-productions with traditional media, builds and cultivates online communities, and executes large-scale immersive entertainment experiences that cross multiple forms of media.
As a winner and two time Webby Award nominee for EPIC FU, Steve co-created, writes, directs, and produces the pioneering web show about web culture that has become one of the most well-known shows on the Internet, with millions of views each month.
Steve is also co-founder of Pixelodeon, the annual screening festival in Los Angeles for serious web video content creators, and he has been interviewed for his expertise in content creation and social media by CBS Radio, the TV Guide channel, and G4 along with numerous other publications.
Steve graduated from Pratt Institute in New York City as a painting major and has exhibited his work across the country. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Zadi Diaz, but will always be a New Yorker at heart.
Interviews:
- Amanda Across America with Amanda Congdon
- TV Guide (Link to article)
- Viral on Veoh with Sunny Gault
- CES 2007 on the DivX Stage (HD version)
- Geek Entertainment TV with Irina Slutsky (human interview in second half)
- Meme blog
- Reinventing TV with Jonny Goldstein
- The Globe and Mail with Anastasia Tubanos
- Torrent on G4 with Matt Harris (video coming soon!)
