Steven De Castro

Cinematographer

Steven De Castro is a trial lawyer who became a cinematographer and filmmaker later in life. In 2014, his first feature film Fred Ho’s Last Year won Best Documentary at Asians on FIlm, the Mt. Hope Award at Int. Film Fest. of Manh., and was screened at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Asian Cinevision/ Asian American Int. Film Festival, Boston Asian American Film Festival, and CAAMFest in San Francisco. In 2015, he received funding under a US State Department grant to direct JazzAfrica, documenting the journey of four American jazz musicians to discover the roots of African American music. Currently he is in postproduction on Revolution Selfie, which brings the viewer face-to-face with the warriors of the New People’s Army, a revolutionary group that the CIA has designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization.  Aside from other commercial works, he produced and directed Newyorkustan, a series about the lives of muslim New Yorkers. Before he was a filmmaker, De Castro was a trial lawyer and served as Human Rights Commissioner of Jersey City.

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