Frank Stiefel is an American filmmaker and photographer. His film ''

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'' won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Career

Stiefel was born to a Jewish family in New York and attended The City College of New York. Stiefel's career in the television business began in the 1970s, when he was making commercials, among other things. In 1999 he was the

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of the documentary short film ''

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.'' He made his directorial debut in 2009 with the movie ''Ingelore'', a short film about the Jewish Holocaust survivor Ingelore Herz Honigstein. The documentary, which he dedicated to his mother, tells the story of how his mother has survived being raped by two Nazis and managed to flee to the United States. This film was presented at film festivals and broadcast on the station

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. Frank Stiefel is married to artist BJ Dockweiler and has two daughters.

Filmography

;Producer * 2017: ''Bose Angelo (Short) (executive producer) (completed) * 2016: ''Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (Documentary short) (producer) * 2009: ''Ingelore (Documentary short) (producer) * 2008: ''Two Roads to the Taupo 1000 (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer) * 2007: ''Two Roads to Baja (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer) * 2002: ''A Stoner's Life (Short) (producer) * 1999: ''Two Weddings (Documentary short) (executive producer) ;Director * 2016: ''Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (Documentary short) * 2009: ''Ingelore (Documentary short) ;Cinematographer * 2016: ''Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (Documentary short) ;Other * 2009: ''Ingelore (Documentary short) (camera operator) * 1980: ''Mr. & Mrs. Dracula (TV Series) (assistant to the producer - 1 episode) * 2011: ''Stage 5 (TV Series, himself)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stiefel, Frank Living people American producers American Jews American directors American photographers Directors of Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners City College of New York alumni Year of birth missing (living people)