Steven McCurdy

Steven Robert McCurdy –cultural documentary film mkaer and photographer. Steven began his film and video production career in 1988 after graduating with a B.A. in Broadcast Communications. His emphasis was in Educational and Corporate Media Design, which lead to employment as a corporate scriptwriter for Mrs. Fields Inc.. After two years Steven went to work for WordPerfect Corporation where he was the Senior Producer and Associate Manager of the Corporate Video and Film Department. In 1994, he left to pursue freelance work and started his own company, Creative Light Productions, also doing business as StoryCollectors. Since then Steve has directed and filmed in over 24 countries on 5 continents and has worked on hundreds of projects as a producer, director, writer and editor. Steven has produced for major companies including: Novell, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq, Simmons and others.

In 2001, Steve began a transition into documentary and travel film. His work deals with people, places, cultures, and the human experience. He has a strong interest to understand how people discover and find meaning in their lives and believes that life has meaning regardless of circumstances. He has worked on several short films and in 2003 completed his first feature documentary, Bringing Home Sardinia. Steve has a strong interest and love for the people of Italy and has completed for feature length cultural travel documentaries on Italy and is in the pre-planning stages of his next film, L’Arte Di Arrangiarsi: The Art of Getting By a story of life in Italy.

In their own Words

I feel as though I have been transported to Italy, since I meet the people and participate in their daily life and rituals. – Cecilia Braam

Artfully done! Beauty to the eye, ear and heart. – Carol Walter

The philosophical commentary throughout was fascinating and will keep the wheels in my head turning for many days to come. – Michelle Seefel

Sensitive and touching. Beautiful portraits. Unforgettable! – Mary Criswell

Steven McCurdy’s “Bringing Home Sardinia” is a tender hearted look at the people of a small island located just off the coast of Italy. After a brief visit to the island years ago, McCurdy returned in 2002 with the aim of not only filming the physical beauty of this place, but of “bringing home” his experience of the islanders as they described their work, their values, and their hopes for themselves and their people. McCurdy is a talented filmmaker, and so he succeeds in conveying the island’s visual loveliness. More importantly, though, he is an empathetic and curious individual. Consequently, at the heart of his first feature-length film, there is a series of encounters with Sardinians. These encounters evoke for us the efforts of the islanders to preserve their ancient traditions and to adapt them to contemporary life. Through these conversations, we come to appreciate the efforts of Sardinians to preserve the values and modes expressions that create their unique identity. “Bringing Home Sardinia” brings home then, or brings closer to us, the spirit of an ancient people searching to keep their cultural footing in the twenty-first century. – Film Review by Les Kelen Executive Director at the Center For Documentary Arts in Salt Lake City, Utah