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Theodore Schaefer(I)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Theodore Schaefer is a New York-based filmmaker. His directorial debut, Giving Birth to a Butterfly, was accepted to the Champs-Élysées film festival's U.S. in Progress and premiered at the 25th Fantasia International Film Festival 2021. Through his work at Dweck Productions, Theodore executive produced We're All Going to the World's Fair, which premiered at Sundance 2021 and is being released by Utopia and HBO Max. He began his career working as a first assistant director on independent features including How He Fell in Love and Framing John DeLorean, before joining Dweck Productions in 2018.
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

    Known for

    The Secret Art of Human Flight (2023)
    The Secret Art of Human Flight
    6.0
    • Producer
    • 2023
    Giving Birth to a Butterfly (2021)
    Giving Birth to a Butterfly
    6.1
    • Producer
    • 2021
    Jason Abrams in Potter's Field (2013)
    Potter's Field
    7.5
    Short
    • Producer(as Ted Schaefer)
    • 2013
    Singing to the Earth Until a Tree Grows
    Short
    • Producer(as Ted Schaefer)
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Lucy Dacus in Lucy Dacus: Night Shift (2023)
      Lucy Dacus: Night Shift
      8.0
      Music Video
      • first assistant director
      • 2023
    • Intimacy Workshop (2022)
      Intimacy Workshop
      Short
      • first assistant director
      • 2022
    • Drive-Thru (2019)
      Drive-Thru
      5.7
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2019
    • Framing John DeLorean (2019)
      Framing John DeLorean
      6.5
      • first assistant director: narrative scenes (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2019
    • A Name Without a Place (2019)
      A Name Without a Place
      6.3
      • first assistant director
      • 2019
    • Lennyn Garcia in Resonance (2018)
      Resonance
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2018
    • Guap (2018)
      Guap
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 2018
    • Fists of Love (2018)
      Fists of Love
      6.9
      • first assistant director (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2018
    • Turyn Goes to the Club (2017)
      Turyn Goes to the Club
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2017
    • Valentina (2017)
      Valentina
      6.6
      Short
      • first assistant director (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2017
    • Daykwon Gaines in Daykwon (2016)
      Daykwon
      Short
      • assistant director
      • 2016
    • The Cycle (2016)
      The Cycle
      7.5
      Short
      • assistant director (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2016
    • Tim Daly, Hunter Parrish, and Ashley Hinshaw in A Rising Tide (2015)
      A Rising Tide
      5.6
      • first assistant director (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2015
    • Amy Hargreaves and Matt McGorry in How He Fell in Love (2015)
      How He Fell in Love
      6.0
      • first assistant director (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2015
    • Detritus (2015)
      Detritus
      7.8
      Short
      • first assistant director (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2015

    Producer



    • On a String (2025)
      On a String
      7.9
      • executive producer
      • 2025
    • Joshua Burge in Vulcanizadora (2024)
      Vulcanizadora
      6.5
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Noël à Miller's Point (2024)
      Noël à Miller's Point
      5.6
      • executive producer
      • 2024
    • Tendaberry (2024)
      Tendaberry
      6.4
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Proof of Concept (2023)
      Proof of Concept
      7.8
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • The Secret Art of Human Flight (2023)
      The Secret Art of Human Flight
      6.0
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Michael Cera, Hannah Gross, and Sophia Lillis in The Adults (2023)
      The Adults
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2023
    • Giving Birth to a Butterfly (2021)
      Giving Birth to a Butterfly
      6.1
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Inheritance (2021)
      Inheritance
      6.2
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Anna Cobb in We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021)
      We're All Going to the World's Fair
      5.4
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Guest House (2018)
      Guest House
      • associate producer
      • 2018
    • Good Daughters (2017)
      Good Daughters
      Short
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Deirdre O'Connell in Let Go, Mother (2017)
      Let Go, Mother
      Short
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Shells (2017)
      Shells
      9.0
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 2017
    • The Public Access Olympics (2016)
      The Public Access Olympics
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2016

    Camera and Electrical Department



    • Tiny Things (2014)
      Tiny Things
      Short
      • gaffer (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2014
    • Homeward. (2014)
      Homeward.
      • best boy electric (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2014
    • Deadly Devotion (2013)
      Deadly Devotion
      7.0
      TV Series
      • recreations b camera
      • 2014
    • ROVER: Or Beyond Human - The Venusian Future and the Return of the Next Level (2013)
      ROVER: Or Beyond Human - The Venusian Future and the Return of the Next Level
      6.4
      • best boy grip (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2013
    • Remix the Movies (2013)
      Remix the Movies
      TV Series
      • gaffer (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2013
    • Gold Stars (2012)
      Gold Stars
      • camera operator (as Ted Schaefer)
      • 2012

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    • Alternative name
      • Ted Schaefer
    • Height
      • 1.70 m

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