Stephen Shimek is a Los Angeles based director and co-founder of the independent film production company, Escapology.

Stephen has directed and produced award winning content with production schedules as short as 6 days. He has decades of experience producing high quality content on hyper-fast schedules and specializes in creating meaningful moments and stunning visuals under a variety of budgetary and framing constraints.

Stephen has directed multiple internationally successful and award-winning films. His most recent film with Lionsgate, Murder at the Embassy, was produced across 3 continents with a production schedule of just 14 days.

He continues pushing the envelope with his current project, expanding the possibilities of what vertical content can be.