Steven Fierberg

DIRECTOR

Director Reel

Steven Fierberg, ASC, is an accomplished cinematographer and director. He received the 2024 ASC Career Achievement Award from the American Society of Cinematographers. He previously won another ASC Award and a Latin Grammy. Prada featured his storyboards in a 2025 Milano exhibition.

He is currently directing The Wrong People, based on the notorious and acclaimed tragic novel by Robin Maugham (The Servant, nephew of W. Somerset Maugham). His previous feature The Spirit Lock, a psychological thriller he directed with Joe Anderson and Tim Downey, will have a fall release. Morbidly Beautiful gave 5/5 stars and calls it “Gorgeous, mournful and deeply unsettling, The Spirit Lock is a well-crafted nightmare that feels like a revelation.”

His short film, Heaven and Nature, premiered at Dances with Films to substantial acclaim. An earlier short he

directed, Sea Life, screened at Sundance and many other festivals. Sequences were featured on Entourage as the ‘film directed by a genius.’

As cinematographer, Steve created the ‘look and feel’ of some of the most iconic and successful series in

television, including The Affair (Golden Globes Winner, Best Drama), Emily in Paris (Golden Globe nom), Entourage (5

Golden Globe noms), Once Upon a Time and Attila (ASC Award Winner for Outstanding Cinematography). He recently shot Amazon’s epic Wheel of Time and Bosch Legacy.

His feature cinematography includes Love and Other Drugs with Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway,

Entourage, Joel Schumacher’s Twelve (Sundance premiere), Steven Shainberg's Secretary (Sundance Special Jury Prize), and Sally Potter’s Rage. Alex Cox’s Searchers 2.0 received an ovation in Venice for cinematography. Hollywood Reporter lauded “stunning visuals captured to mesmeric effect.”

Steve won a Latin Grammy for shooting the Best Video of the Year, Draco’s Mas Y Mas. He’s worked with Dre,

Snoop, Ice Cube, Fab Five Freddy, Latifah, Yoko Ono, Alexa Villa, Tim McGraw and Kid Cudi.

A native of Detroit, Steve escaped to Stanford University as a National Merit Scholar. His senior year was spent

in a joint program with Oxford University in England studying British drama and film. His thesis was on Harold Pinter.

He then plunged into the New York underworld of graffiti art and ‘Punk Noir’ films, beginning his career in

filmmaking as a cinematographer. He worked with Andy Warhol director Paul Morrissey and apprenticed in Los Angeles for cinematographer Dean Cundey.

He helped the launch the careers of several first-time directors, including Renny Harlin on A Nightmare on Elm

Street 4, Dream Master, introducing Hong Kong-style action filmmaking to America.

In the midpoint of his cinematography career, he went to the American Film Institute, receiving an MFA in

directing. He went on to study acting with Roy London and Ivana Chubbick, plus stage directing in the legendary Actor’s Studio and Beverly Hills Playhouse. Thus, when he transitioned from shooting to directing The Affair, the actors such as Ruth Wilson, Dominic West and Maura Tierney unofficially crowned him their favorite ‘Actor’s Director.’ The NYTimes singled out his directorial episodes as the best work of the season.



He has been Vice-President of the American Society of Cinematographers and represents the United States on

the board of IMAGO. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures, SAG/AFTRA, IATSE 600 and the DGA. In

between projects, he mentors and guest teaches at Maine Media Workshops, USC and AFI.

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