Stephen Riehl

Stephen Riehl

Maboroshi Productions
Director, Screenwriter and Producer

Olympia, Washington

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August 2011
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About Stephen

Established Maboroshi Productions in 2001 after returning from a year of study in Japan. Film and writing has always been an interest but he never really pursued it until he was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 19. During the year he spent in treatment he began writing seriously and planned an adolescent cancer documentary to be called Between the Raindrops. In preparation he made his first short film, Endless Journey (2001) which was accepted into a number of regional film festivals. He quickly followed it up with an autobiographical experiment called, Touboku Shinsei (2001) based on his experience with cancer. He has since written and directed numerous commercials and short films. His film, Kenosis (2010) has gone on to win awards on the film festival circuit.

His most recent film Upon This Rock (2013) premiered at the New Filmmakers showcase in Los Angeles, California and is now available on Amazon Prime and other outlets. Upon This Rock is a the prologue to a feature length creative documentary to be shot in the Republic of Georgia called The Stylite. Other projects include Ningyo, the third film in an experimental piece called The Cycle of Solitude. He continues work on various other projects including the development of two feature length films.

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Credits

  • Ghosts of Slane Hill

    Ghosts of Slane Hill (2020)
    Film (short) by Maboroshi Productions (Documentary and Mystery) writer/director/producer/editor A brief journey through the haunting ruins of Ireland's Slane Abbey where history and mythology merge.

  • Stigma

    Stigma (2019)
    Film (short) by Maboroshi Productions (Drama) writer/director/producer/editor After another fight between her parents, a young girl takes matters into her own hands-again.

  • Upon This Rock

    Upon This Rock (2013)
    Documentary by Maboroshi Productions (Documentary and Short) writer/director/producer/editor An examination of monastery life around a one hundred thirty foot rock outcrop upon which a monk hopes to live and become the first stylite there in six hundred years.

  • Kenosis

    Kenosis (2010)
    Film (short) by Maboroshi Productions (Drama and Mystery) writer/director/producer/editor A writer suddenly awakes in the middle of the night. Inspiration has struck and he must follow its lead. He works through the night on what will be his masterpiece only to find that it will come at a price.

  • Zeitnot

    Zeitnot (2009)
    Film (short) by Maboroshi Productions (Drama) writer/director/producer/editor The final days of a young man living in solitude arrive with a mysterious letter.

  • Impressions of a Man Lost

    Impressions of a Man Lost (2009)
    Film (short) by Maboroshi Productions (Drama) writer/director/producer/editor After a farcical dream in which the creation and eventual destruction of the world is told to him, a man awakes on an unknown train searching for an end.

  • It's Addictive

    It's Addictive (2007)
    Commercial by Maboroshi Productions writer/director/producer/camera/editor Commercial competition for radio station KISM

  • Life. Made. Simple.

    Life. Made. Simple. (2005)
    Commercial by Maboroshi Productions writer/director/producer/camera/editor Commercial for Headswell Consulting

  • An Operation that Works

    An Operation that Works (2004)
    Commercial by Maboroshi Productions writer/director/producer/camera/editor Commercial for Headswell Consulting

  • Only a Week

    Only a Week (2003)
    Film (short) by Maboroshi Productions writer/director/producer/camera/editor

  • Touboku Shinsei

    Touboku Shinsei (2001)
    Film (short) by Maboroshi Productions writer/director/producer/camera/editor

  • Endless Journey

    Endless Journey (2001)
    Film (short) by Maboroshi Productions writer/director/producer/camera/editor

Awards

  • Experimental Showcase (Kenosis) Byron Bay International Film Festival
    (2011)

  • Best Experimental Film (Kenosis) NW Projections Film Festival
    (2010)

  • Best Local Experimental Film (Kenosis) Columbia Gorge International Film Festial
    (2010)

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