Steffan is an award-winning London-based filmmaker.
Steffan works globally: London, Tokyo, New York, Havana, Lima, Los Angeles, and is fluent in Japanese. Recent clients in collaboration with Ipsos include the BBC, HMRC, Sport England, Coca-Cola, and inequality economist, Gary Stevenson.
Steffan's 2023 film, Gary Stevenson - Life Out of Balance, is featured on Directors' Library.
Steffan is currently working on a documentary film about Japanese culture through the lens of skateboarding. Recipient of funding from the Anglo-Japanese Daiwa Foundation Grant scheme.
www.steffanroegriffiths.com | steffanroegriffiths@gmail.com | www.mnafilm.com
Projects
- Skate in LA - A Skateboard DocumentarySkate in LA is a vignette short film exploring the feelings and stories of four local LA skaters. Travis Bracken, who grew up without his parents in South Central Los Angeles, talks about how skateboarding saved him from a life as a gang member. Tracie Garacochea also explains that the Olympics is changing how some parents of skaters see the sport, sometimes treating it as a way to get their child into the Olympics.
- SKATE IN PERÚSkate in Perú explores the views of four young Peruvian skateboarders in Lima. Each shares their unique perspective of the skateboarding community in Perú and how it influences their lives. In particular, Helaman Campos, of the Peruvian skateboarding federation, talks about how skateboarding saved him from a life of crime. Skateboarding acts as a kind of short-hand international language that connects people from different countries and cultures. This is part of what makes it such a compellin
- SKATE IN TOKYOSkate in Tokyo is a short documentary film about skateboarding & its scene in Tokyo. An exploration of the nature of skateboarding, and what its inclusion in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics means for the sport. Told through the stories of a collection of local Japanese skaters. Directed, Shot & Edited by Steffan Griffiths www.steffangriffiths.net Winner of Best Short Documentary at Top Indie Film Awards 2019 Winner of Best Skate/Surf Video at San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2020 Nominated for Best
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Work history
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Filmmaker / EthnographerIpsos MORI
London, United KingdomFreelance
Researching the lives of people in Tokyo & London from different backgrounds, through filming & editing a variety of documentaries with and about the subjects.
Editing and ethnographic analyses were then completed in London. Examples of our clients include Walkers & British American Tobacco.
For a recent project, filmed in Tokyo, edited in London & translated from Japanese to English - five x 30 minute ethnographic documentaries. Then edited together six further films focusing on specific project themes.
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Freelance Director / EditorFreelance
London, United KingdomFreelance
Independent Productions:
‘Skate in Tokyo’ | Feature documentary | Pre-production | Director | Produced by CineTap Films
https://www.cinetapfilms.com/skate-in-tokyo |
Recipient of funding from the competitive Daiwa Foundation Grant scheme.
‘Skate in Tokyo’ | Short documentary | December 2019 | Directed, Produced, Shot & Edited
Teaser, https://vimeo.com/357072423
Winner of Best Documentary Short, Top Indie Film Awards, 2019
Official Selection at Welsh BAFTA-qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, 2020
Official Selection at Barnes Film Festival London 2020 & Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival 2020
‘Mistakes in Tokyo’ | Short drama | February 2019 | Wrote, Directed, Produced, Shot & Edited
Trailer, https://vimeo.com/320049334
Winner of Jury’s Award for Best Atmospheric Short Film, Wales International Film Festival, September 2019
Nominated at Welsh BAFTA-qualifying Carmarthen Bay Film Festival, 2020
‘Skate in Cuba’ (Havana) | Short documentary | August 2018 | Directed, Produced, Shot & Edited
https://vimeo.com/284524797
‘Hazel Cruzado’, Okinawan Painter | Expositional film to introduce the artists’ work
April 2017 | Directed, Produced, Shot & Edited
| Trailer, https://vimeo.com/210259297
https://www.hazelcruzado.com
Tokyo Snowboard & Ski Tours | Promotional films
Feb 2017 & Mar 2018 | Directed, Produced, Shot & Edited
| https://vimeo.com/282059757
Skills
- Cinematography
- Editing
- Adobe Editing
- Premiere Pro
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Documentary Film
Education
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BA) Creative Computer Games DesignUniversity of Wales Trinity Saint David
- Swansea, United Kingdom
Awards
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Best Surf/Skate FilmSan Francisco Frozen Film Festival
Awarded 'Best Surf/Skate Film' award at San Francisco Frozen Film Festival for the production, 'Skate in Tokyo'
https://www.frozenfilmfestival.com/2020festivalT
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Daiwa Foundation Grant SchemeThe Daiwa Foundation
Recipient of funding for feature film documentary production, 'Skate in Tokyo' from the competitive Daiwa Foundation Grant scheme.
https://dajf.org.uk/news/daiwa-foundation-funds-projects-ranging-from-an-okinawan-bukubuku-tea-ceremony-to-scientific-research-into-the-hepatitis-b-virus+ Show more