Courtney Stephens
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Courtney Stephens

Born 1981-05-23 · Redwood City, California, USA

Courtney Stephens (US) is a filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Her non-fiction and experimental films address the contours of language, historical memory and women's lives. Her work has been exhibited at the Berlinale, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Film Festival, the National Gallery of Art, South by Southwest, The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and the Hong Kong, Camden, Mumbai, Luxembourg, Dhaka and San Francisco International Film Festivals. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, a California Humanities Grant, fellowships from MacDowell, Yaddo, Pocantico and the Sloan Foundation and was one of Filmmaker Magazine's twenty-five "New Faces of Independent Film." A graduate of the American Film Institute, she co-founded the Los Angeles microcinema Veggie Cloud and has curated film programs for The Getty Museum, the Museum of the Moving Image, UnionDocs and Flaherty NYC.

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Known for

The American SectorViewing moment
The American Sector
2020
Invention★ 5.7Viewing moment
Invention
2025
Scumrock★ 6Viewing moment
Scumrock
2002
Topology of Sirens★ 7Viewing moment
Topology of Sirens
2021
Labial QuinetViewing moment
Labial Quinet
2017
Mating GamesViewing moment
Mating Games
2017
Mixed SignalsViewing moment
Mixed Signals
2018
Perfect FifthsViewing moment
Perfect Fifths
2020
Ida Western ExileViewing moment
Ida Western Exile
2014
CINEMA-19Viewing moment
CINEMA-19
2020
Terra FemmeViewing moment
Terra Femme
2021
Lesser Choices★ 6Viewing moment
Lesser Choices
2022
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office★ 6.7Viewing moment
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
2025

Frequent collaborators