Stephen Cone’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American actor and filmmaker
Is Film director 
Actor 
From United States of America 
Type Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender male
Birth 10 August 1980, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A.
Age: 40 years
Star sign Leo

Stephen Cone (born August 10, 1980) is a Chicago-based filmmaker, educator, and actor.

Early life

Cone was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised in South Carolina. He moved to Chicago in 2004 and, in his words, taught himself to make movies “by making movies.”

Career

In 2006, Cone wrote, produced, and directed his first short film Church Story with actors Isabel Liss, Bill McGough, and Arian Moayed. In 2007, Cone followed with the short film Young Wives. His medium-length film, a metaphysical drama called The Christians, was completed in 2008 and featured performances by J. Kingsford Goode, Bill McGough, Arian Moayed, Sadie Rogers, Laurel Schroeder, Krissy Shields, and Robert Belushi, oldest son of actor Jim Belushi.

Cone’s next feature film, the full-length In Memoriam, released in 2011, follows a group of college students reenacting the last hours of two dead peers who fell to their deaths attempting to make love. In Memoriam was praised by film critic Roger Ebert as “a touching film.”

His third theatrical film, the coming-of-age drama The Wise Kids, also released in 2011, was a critical success. It garnered praise from Roger Ebert, Variety’s Robert Koehler, and Stephen Holden of The New York Times. The film was a Critics’ Pick for The New York Times and won the Grand Jury Prizes for U.S. Feature and Best Screenplay at Outfest. It was subsequently released on cable/VOD and DVD by Wolfe Video.

In 2013, Cone released his fourth theatrical film Black Box. While not as widely seen as The Wise Kids due to an initial lack of distribution, the film garnered praise from Newcity’s Ray Pride and Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune, who gave the film 3½ out of 4 stars and called it “a worthy follow-up to Cone’s previous film.” Black Box was later acquired by Devolver Digital Films for a late 2014 cable/VOD release.

Cone recently completed two experimental features, The Mystery of Life and This Afternoon, as well as the 2015 coming-of-age drama, Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party.

Filmography

Year Film Credited Director Credited Producer Credited Writer Credited Actor Credited Role Notes
2006 Church Story Yes Yes Yes Short film
2007 Young Wives Yes Yes Yes Short film
2008 The Christians Yes Yes Yes
2011 In Memoriam Yes Yes Yes Yes Eric
The Wise Kids Yes Yes Yes Yes Austin
2013 Black Box Yes Yes Yes
2014 This Afternoon Yes Yes Yes
The Mystery of Life Yes Yes Yes
2015 Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party Yes Yes Yes
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