• Hello, I am Stephen Manuel.

    I was born in Dublin//Ireland but raised bilingually in the black forest area of southern Germany. 

    I studied directing at the Film Academy Baden -Württemberg before I got "discovered" by German late night talk show host "Harald Schmidt" as a director for his show. Round about 100 short parody and comedy sketches later, I started directing commercials and action TV series.

    Nowadays I direct commercials, movies and TV series. 
    For the commercials I specialize in celebrity, comedy and storytelling work. As a result of my experience in movies I developed a sharp ear for dialogue and timing. 

    On movies and TV series, I have worked mainly in the action, thriller, comedy and Sci-Fi genres with stars like Billy Zane, Corey Feldman, Stephen Baldwin and Wotan Wilke-Möhring. 

    I have also directed over 30 TV commercials in Germany and Austria for companies like Nestlé, Haribo, Procter and Gamble, Homann and many others.

    When I am not obsessing about movies or the newest cool commercial, I enjoy life with a fair amount of sport, traveling,  and way too much bad dancing.


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