Frank Stiefel

Frank Stiefel is an American filmmaker and photographer. His film Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 90th Academy Awards.

Career Stiefel was born to a Jewish family in New York City and attended The City College of New York. Stieifel spent most of his career as an executive in the commercial production industry. As an executive producer at Stiefel & Company (and later at RadicalMedia), Stiefel oversaw the production of thousands of TV commercials. The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 2010 and aired on HBO in 2011. At that point, Stiefel retired to concentrate on non-fiction filmmaking full-time.

Personal life Frank Stiefel is married to artist BJ Dockweiler.

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)