Rick Stevenson has produced or directed feature films starring actors such as Hugh Grant, Ned Beatty, Meg Ryan, Keifer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Juliette Lewis and Christopher Plummer. (Scroll down to read about his latest award-winning film.) Stevenson has also directed programs for television, including Ed for NBC, and his work as a director of television commercials has garnered many awards.

In addition to his work in film and television, Stevenson is a 20th century historian, author of The Rise and Fall of Détente, and holds a PhD from Oxford University. For more information see www.rickstevenson.com.

Awards for Stevenon's "Expiration Date"

Achieving anything great takes perseverance and drive, and faculty member Rick Stevenson has proven he has both of those qualities in spades. For ten years he has worked on his film, Expiration Date, first writing it, then raising the money and assembling the team to get it made, then finally producing and directing it. But getting a film made, while a huge challenge, is only half the battle, and so for the past two years since its completion, Rick has been travelling the world, literally, to help find distribution for the movie by building an international audience for it.

He has travelled to over 70 film festivals domestically and internationally, receiving favorable reviews and 33 awards. Says Stevenson, the thrill of independent filmmaking is in the opportunity to make "something that captures your voice as an artist and lets you share your point of view of the world in a way that moves people." That, he says, is "worth everything."

AWARDS for EXPIRATION DATE:

• Best Film, THE AMERICAN INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Actor, THE AMERICAN INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Audience Award SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Cinematography, ASHLAND INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Jury Award OMAHA FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Audience Award OMAHA FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Director's Award METHODFEST
• Best Feature, Director's Choice, BLUE GRASS FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Audience Award SPIRITUAL FILM FESTIVAL AT SEA
• Best Feature, Honorable Mention RHODE ISLAND INTER. FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Honorable Mention OJAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Honorable Mention STONY BROOK INTERN. FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Special Recognition STONY BROOK INTERN. FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Cinematography, HD FEST
• Best Director/Screenplay/Feature Runner-up HD FEST
• Best Feature, SHOW ME "Missouri" FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, SPOKANE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Dramatic Feature, BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL, Australia
• Best Family Feature, BIG ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Audience Award, BIG ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Filmmaker, Golden Honu Award, BIG ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Audience Award, DURANGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Feature, Jury Award, DURANGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Director, UTAH FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Film, CALGARY FRINGE FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Screenplay, CALGARY FRINGE FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Actress, CALGARY FRINGE FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Film, SALENTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Actress, SALENTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• Golden Duck Audience Award, BEIJING FILM FESTIVAL
• Best Director, OXFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

OFFICIAL SELECTION(selected)

• Windrider Forum, SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
• SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• MONTREAL FILM FESTIVAL(CANADA)
• FESTIVAL CINEMA COSTUMES & MODE(PARIS, FRANCE)
• VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• AMERICAN INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL
• HEARTLAND FILM FESTIVAL
• SANTA FE FILM FESTIVAL
• INDIANER INUIT: The North American Native Film Festival 2007, Europe
• TRUE WEST FILM FESTIVAL
• NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL
• FORT LAUTERDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• SEDONA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• OMAHA FILM FESTIVAL
• METHODFEST
• BLUE GRASS FILM FESTIVAL
• WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL
• TEMECULA FILM FESTIVAL
• ANCHORAGE FILM FESTIVAL
• SPOKANE FILM FESTIVAL
• NORTHERN LIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
• EAST LANSING FILM FESTIVAL
• TEL AVIV SPIRITS FILM FESTIVAL
• RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• STONY BROOK FILM FESTIVAL
• OJAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• HEARD MUSEUM FILM FESTIVAL
• SPIRITUAL FILM FESTIVAL AT SEA
• SUN VALLEY SPIRITUAL FILM FESTIVAL
• SACRAMETO FILM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
• *SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• HD FESTIVAL
• WINE COUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL
• WORLD INDIGINOUS PEOPLE'S FILM FESTIVAL(ALASKA)
• PERTH REVELATION FILM FESTIVAL(AUSTRALIA)
• *HEART OF GOLD FILM FESTIVAL(AUSTRALIA)
• BYRON BAY FILM FESTIVAL(AUSTRALIA)
• UTAH FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL
• RIVERSIDE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• BIG ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL(HAWAII)
• WINNIPEG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL(CANADA)
• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FILM FESTIVAL(LONDON)
• CAMBOFEST(CAMBODIA)
• INDEPENDENT FEATURES FILM FESTIVAL
• CALGARY FRINGE FILM FESTIVAL
• CINESOL FILM FESTIVAL(TEXAS)
• EUGENE CELEBRATION FILM FESTIVAL
• SALENTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL(ITALY)
• HAMMAMET INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (TUNISIA)
• SIXTH INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FILM FESTIVAL ISTANBUL
• VISIONMAKER FILM FESTIVAL(LINCOLN, NEBRASKA)
• ILLINOIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• MONTANA INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL
• RED FORK NATIVE AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL(OKLAHOMA)
• FANTASY WORLDWIDE FILM FESTIVAL(TORONTO)
• BEIJING FILM FESTIVAL
• OXFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
• RIOFAN FESTIVAL (BRAZIL)