ABOUT
Stephen SmallWarner is a director and media entrepreneur crafting cinematic stories with emotional depth and cultural clarity. He blends character-driven storytelling with a forward-thinking approach to form and format.
His work spans television, feature films, branded campaigns, and mobile-native cinema — including projects for Major League Soccer and docu-style commercial work with Leo Burnett. His documentary AGANDI traces the journey of healing across the U.S., Uganda, and Jamaica, while his narrative work often explores personal memory, identity, and speculative realism.
He is the author of Vertical Filmmaking: An Innovation in Cinema, a foundational text for filmmakers exploring new possibilities in mobile storytelling.
At the center of his practice is a guiding question: What’s the most honest way this story wants to be told?