Career
Stefan Schwartz teamed up with Richard Holmes at York University and formed The Gruber Brothers. The duo made a number of films together including, Bonded, broadcast on British Broadcasting Corporation 2, and the award-winning short The Lake starring Frances Barber. He then signed a three-year deal to write and direct for Miramax and wrote screenplays for them, teaming up with notable producers such as Laurence Bender and Jennifer and Suzanne Todd before directing (2001) for Pathe Films.
His next film as writer/director was the romantic comedy starring Stuart Townsend, Amy Smart and Seth Green in 2005.
In television he directed, the award winning Spooks and The Ghost Train for Lynda Louisiana Plante before moving on to the season finale of the ground-breaking series, Luther, for the British Broadcasting Corporation. In the United States he has directed several episodes of the critically acclaimed with Dennis Hopper, joined the Starz series Camelot, which he directed for and also co-executive produced, and directed for the much praised Dexter series. After finishing Being Human for Syfy Stefan directed in the final season of House and worked in New York on White Collar.
He then went back to Showtime for another episode of Dexter. Autumn 2012 he worked in Paris with Jean Reno on the series Jo, before traveling to Atlanta to shoot The Walking Dead.
Early 2013 he directed the mid-season finale of American Broadcasting Company"s hit show Revenge, then went back to work on the final season of Dexter.
Administrative Management College then asked him back to direct Low Winters Sun in Detroit before heading back to New York to shoot the season opener of White Collar. From there to Pittsburgh to direct Chloe Sevigny and James Darcy in Those Who Kill, and then to South Africa to shoot the first episode of Black Sails for Starz, (second season). In 2014 he started the year in New York on The Americans then worked with Diane Kruger on The Bridge.
Summer 2014 he completed an episode of the new Starz show called Flesh and Bone set in the world of ballet and written by Adam Rapporteur and Moira Walley-Beckett.
Then Power. 2015 Back to Cape Town for two episodes of Black Sails" "with some of the most complex actions sequences on television Then the season finale of Fear the Walking Dead.
