Lorenzo DeStefano

Born in Honolulu, Hawai’i, Lorenzo DeStefano is a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, producer, director, film editor, and photographer. A member of the Directors Guild of America and former member of the Motion Picture Editor’s Guild, he has produced and directed network series, documentaries, and narrative films, worked in U.S. and U.K. Theater, and written fiction, non-fiction, original screenplays, and adaptations. DeStefano’s feature documentaries as producer/director include “From A Darkened Room-The Diary of A Nobody” about Arthur Crew Inman, author of 17-million word “Inman Diary”, “Hearing is Believing” about the gifted young musician and composer, Rachel Flowers, “Los Zafiros-Music From The Edge Of Time” about the Beatles of 1960s Cuba, and “Talmage Farlow” a portrait of the American jazz guitarist.

DeStefano’s screenplays include “House Boy”, a 5-Part Limited Series based on his novel , “The Diarist”, a 5-Part Limited Series based on “The Inman Diary”, and the narrative features “Shipment Day”, “Lads”, “Deep Inside”, “Cropper’s Cabin”, from the novel by Jim Thompson, “Appointment in Samarra”, from the novel by John O’Hara, “Waiting for Nothing”, from the novel by Tom Kromer, and “Creeps”, from the play by David E. Freeman.

Narrative films as writer/producer include “The Diarist” and “House Boy”.