Robert Scott Steindorff is an American television and film producer, executive producer and film consultant.

Early life and education

Steindorff was born in Minnesota and then moved to Arizona during his childhood. He attended

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with a double major in theater and business. Steindorff then joined the real estate business of his father and worked in real estate for twenty years. He eventually moved to California to pursue a film career, and continued to work as a real estate consultant. His real estate consultant work for

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in Las Vegas helped him become an entertainment consultant for the venue, and he wrote for the EFX show at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. At age 35, he decided to become a producer.

Career

In 1998, Steindorff formed the film production company Stone Village Productions. His first acquisition was "Night Magic" by Tom Tryon, to be adapted for a movie and for the stage. In 2012, his company expanded into a joint venture with Exclusive Media. He has produced or executive produced ''

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'', '' Jane Got a Gun'', '' Las Vegas'', '' The Lincoln Lawyer'', '' Penelope'', ''

Empire Falls ''Empire Falls'' is a 2001 novel written by Richard Russo. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2002, and follows the story of Miles Roby in a fictional, small blue-collar town in Maine and the people, places, and the past surrounding him, a ...

'', '' The Human Stain'', '' Love in the Time of Cholera'', and other works. In January 2020, Steindorff joined the School of Art and Film at

as a professor of practice. In 2020, it was announced that Steindorff would be directing and producing the documentary ''Spectrum Neurodiversity''. Steindorff has said he developed the idea for the documentary after his diagnosis as an adult with the autism spectrum condition Asperger's. Simon Baron-Cohen of the University of Cambridge Autism Research Centre has been cast to host and interview other participants in the documentary, which include researchers and people with autism spectrum conditions. In 2021, after acquiring the rights to develop the ''

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'' cover story "Shrooms! Shamans! Kosher LSD! Why Los Angeles Is Suddenly Tripping Out", Steindorff announced plans to work as the executive producer for a television series titled ''Psychedelic City'', as well as a related metaverse platform.

Filmography

Film

Television

;Miscellaneous crew ;As an actor ;Thanks

Awards

* The miniseries ''

'' received 10

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nominations and the

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for Best Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television * ''

Station Eleven ''Station Eleven'' is a novel by the Canadian writer Emily St. John Mandel. It takes place in the Great Lakes region before and after a fictional swine flu pandemic, known as the "Georgia Flu", has devastated the world, killing most of the popul ...

'' was nominated for Best Television Adaptation at the 2022 USC Scripter Awards

Personal life

Steindorff has three children.

References

External links

Stone Village Productions - Official website - link dead 28.8.15
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