Stevan Lee Mraovitch

Stevan Lee Mraovitch is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and poet. His feature film Des vacances a tout prix (Holidays at All Costs) won the Comedy Vanguard Jury Award and the Comedy Feature Audience Award at the 2021 Austin Film Festival.

Early life and education Mraovitch was born in Manhattan, New York, and raised in Paris. He earned a Master of Fine Arts in Film from Columbia University, where he was recognized on the Dean's list, and a bachelor’s degree from the École Supérieure d'Études Cinématographiques (ESEC), graduating summa cum laude.

Career Mraovitch began his film production career under the mentorship of Michael Hausman, a Columbia University professor and producer. He worked with filmmakers such as David Mamet and Julie Delpy. The film has earned nine awards and eight nominations at international festivals, including both Jury and Audience awards at the Austin Film Festival. Reviewing the film, The Austin Chronicle described it as a social satire , while Film Threat called it a Parisian take on the family comedy. He later wrote and directed Where There Is Love, There Is No Darkness, a drama about a Senegalese migrant delivery worker in Paris. The film won the Special Jury Award for Bridging Cultures at the Arizona International Film Festival and Best World Cinema Narrative Feature at Kansas City FilmFest International. It was also selected at the 47th Moscow International Film Festival.