STEVE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO, TX. AFTER GRADUATING WITH AN ENGLISH/COMMUNICATIONS ARTS DEGREE FROM ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY, HE WORKED AS A CAMERA OPERATOR AND EDITOR FOR SEVERAL LOCAL PRODUCTION COMPANIES. AFTER A YEAR OF FREELANCING, HE WAS ACCEPTED TO THE GRADUATE FILM PROGRAM AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS MFA IN FILM PRODUCTION WITH A FOCUS IN CINEMATOGRAPHY.

AFTER GRADUATING FROM FLORIDA STATE, STEVE BEGAN WORKING AS A DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY ON NUMEROUS COMMERCIALS, MUSIC VIDEOS, AND AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILMS. HIS MOST RECENT SHORT, STEALING HOME, DIRECTED BY BENJAMIN LOBATO, EARNED HIM A BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY NOMINATION AT THE 2009 168 FILM FESTIVAL. HE RECENTLY SHOT HIS FIRST INDEPENDENT FEATURE, COWBOY SMOKE, A MODERN-DAY WESTERN THAT SCREENED AT THE 2008 CANNES FILM MARKET AND RECENTLY SOLD TO SEVERAL FOREIGN MARKETS.  STEVE HAS WORKED MOSTLY WITH FILM BUT HAS HAD NO PROBLEM TRANSITIONING TO HD, USING CAMERAS SUCH AS THE VARICAM, RED ONE, F-900, ETC.  STEVE CURRENTLY LIVES IN LOS ANGELES WHERE HE CONTINUES TO SHOOT WHEREVER THE WORK TAKES HIM.  HE RECENTLY SHOT A MUSIC VIDEO IN TEGULCIGALPA, HONDURAS FOR THE ROCK BAND, UNA VIA, AND ANOTHER ONE FOR THE REGGAE BAND, SOJA, IN SANTA BARBARA, CA.