Stefan van de Graaff
Writer, Director, Digital Media Hacker
Ideas do not matter.
Evolution does. An idea becoming a treatment, a script, a rough cut, a piece of content made to move her forward.
Be it commercials with hundreds of millions of views, films with quiet subtexts, or the countless ideas in a notebook ready to come to life, a story is only as powerful as the tellers’ hands it is in. And to that end, it’s nice to be acquainted.
My Work
Thanks to a lot of saving and a lot of my wife’s gracious permission, I’ve written/created films, TV pilots, a musical, and dozens of “next-ups”.
Simmer (2020)
When a young chef’s family is at risk of deportation if he doesn’t pay a large fee, he reluctantly opts to moonlight as a black market mule for his charismatic boss.
Simmer was sold in 2021 to HBO Max in partnership with Sublimity Entertainment and Level 33. Click to stream it now.
Sherlock the Musical (2022)
In this original adaptation, Holmes & Watson face their most dire case yet. The show debuted in Canada to an 11 week, sold out run. Now, the feature film will premiere in Spring 2022.
Other Work
I’m a Co-Founder of Chamber Media, a digital production agency featured on the Inc. 5000, as well as Vibe Films, an independent film production house. The videos I’ve co-written and directed have over 150,000,000 combined views. You might say I “get” digital.
About Me
As a writer and director on dozens of “viral” pieces of digital content, I’ve learned how to capture a world’s increasingly fleeting attention and to convey meaning to millions on digital platforms.
But it’s not enough. My passion lies in writing and directing narrative film, and a mission to evolve the medium.
I create to put the most powerful Jungian archetypes on display, to ask myself and others life’s essential questions, and to give viewers those numinous experiences from the arts when something. hits. just. right.
It might be mystery or drama or comedy, but it will be made for modern audiences searching for meaning in this our hollow digital age.
