Scott Steindorff

Steindorff was born in Stillwater, Minnesota. He studied Theatre Production and Real Estate Finance at the Arizona State University While in school, he became involved in theatre and performance, developing his sense of storytelling and love for books, which would later propel him to success.

Steindorff began his career as a competitive skier for the US freestyle ski team and then later became a real estate developer, with an interest in live entertainment. After building a family of his own, he moved forward in the business and became a self-made entrepreneur, building and developing shopping centers. Steindorff later became a business consultant for Caesars Palace and the Forum shops for Melvin Simon. Subsequently, he wrote the stageplay for EFX at the MGM Grand. He then moved to Hollywood to write and concentrate on producing full-time and established his own production company in 1998.

Since then, he has moved to Malibu to write and produce.

In 1998, Steindorff began to focus full-time on producing and writing after the success of the EFX show and formed the film production company Stone Village Pictures, LLC. His very first acquisition was "Night Magic" by Tom Tryon to be adapted for a movie and for the stage, working on that as well as other projects. Stone Village is an independent film & television finance and production company.

Recently, Steindorff has been finishing post-production on "Station Eleven" at HBO Max, set to release December 16, 2021. Station Eleven is a post-apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines, written by Patrick Somerville ("Maniac"), and directed by Hiro Murai ("Atlanta") & Jeremy Podeswa ("Game of Thrones"). It stars Mackenzie Davis ("Black Mirror" and "Terminator: Dark Fate"), Himesh Patel ("Yesterday"), & Gael Garcia Bernal ("Mozart in the Jungle" and "Coco"), telling the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost. "Station Eleven" is based on the novel for which it's named, written by Emily St. John Mandel. Steindorff is well known in the industry as the “Hollywood Book Man” for acquiring and adapting literary properties and delivering commercially successful and award-winning television series and films.

The projects Steindorff has previously produced include the Netflix Docu-Series Firechasers (2017) with producing partners Appian Way, Leonardo DiCaprio's company, along with Original Productions, as well as the western Jane Got a Gun (2015), starring Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, and Ewan McGregor. He was also an executive producer on John Favreau's Chef (2014), released by Open Road, starring Jon Favreau, Scarlett Johansson, Sofia Vergara, Robert Downey Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Bobby Cannavale, and John Leguizamo.

More past projects include critical and commercial success, The Lincoln Lawyer (2011), with Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, and Sidney Kimmel, based on the bestselling Michael Connelly novel starring Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy, and Ryan Phillippe which was released by Lionsgate. Steindorff was also an executive producer of the hit NBC series Las Vegas (2003-2008), starring Josh Duhamel and James Caan.

Steindorff teamed with Paul Newman and producer Marc Platt in 2003, producing the critically acclaimed and award-winning miniseries for HBO, Empire Falls, winning a Golden Globe for Best Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television and receiving 10 Emmy nominations. Other feature films Steindorff has produced include Gimme Shelter (2014), Penelope, released by Summit in 2008; Love In The Time Of Cholera, released by New Line in 2007; Turistas, released by Twentieth Century Fox in 2006; and The Human Stain, released by Miramax in 2003.

Steindorff is a digital entrepreneur, currently creating content for immersive digital art, Higher Frequency, which he owns. Fueled by his fascination with neurosciences, the assembly of life, and the beginning of time, he's begun developing a live, technological, and immersive show in Las Vegas. He is a Neurodiversity Advocate and regularly speaks with high schools and colleges across the country on the importance of emotions and feelings. He also actively works with young people in schools, sharing his story and the importance of facing substance abuse.

The projects in development at Stone Village include Paul Theroux's "Under The Wave at Waimea," "Just Watch Me" by Jeff Lindsay, "The Maidens" by Alex Michaelides, "Unsettled" by Ryan Hampton, and Andrew Hunter Murray's bestselling novel "The Last Day" which is in development with Paramount. The company is also adapting Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" for TV, "The Caretaker" based on Dave Zeltserman's novel, "The Psychology of Stupidity" by Jean Francois Marmion, which Steindorff is writer and creator of, "Spectrum" a neurodiversity documentary, "Psychedelic City" based on Peter Kiefer's Los Angeles Magazine article entitled, "‘Shrooms! Shamans! Kosher LSD! Why Los Angeles Is Suddenly Tripping Out,” and most notably "Butch Cassidy: The True Story of an American Outlaw" by Charles Leerhsen, which Steindorff will create and executive produce.

In spring 2020, Steindorff became a Professor of Practice in the School of Art and the School of Film, Dance, and Theatre at Arizona State University, teaching about emotions and how to utilize them to influence art. Though most recently at ASU, Steindorff, along with Zhara Astra, will be partnering with the Counseling and Counseling Psychology program and the Counselor Training Center at Arizona State University's College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (CISA) to build capacity for licensed counselors and psychologists to support neurodiverse individuals and their families.

Steindorff currently resides in Malibu, California, and has three children. He was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome as an adult. He is an accomplished tennis player and an avid reader. He reads 3 books a week, thus reading over 150 books a year.[1]

He was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.

The miniseries Empire Falls premiered on HBO in May 2005 received 10 Emmy Award nominations and the Golden Globe Award for Best Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television.

• Stone Village Productions - Official website - link dead 28.8.15
• Scott Steindorff at IMDb