Steve Petersen

Steve Petersen is an award-winning director who has extensive experience directing live-action and VFX. He combines his love of storytelling with his design background to create new and fresh styles of visual execution. He continually brings this aesthetic to his short form work in the advertising industry and to the long-form work he has helmed. In 2015 he won an Emmy for his show FUTURE CATS on National Geographic Channel.

Steve’s also been working with VR / 360 video for the past few years and is excited to see it growing in popularity. He’s hands on with all of the latest cameras and post technology and can guide VR projects from production though post.  This includes 360 spatial audio delivery, creating active or passive experiences, designing full UI, interactive menus, creating custom apps and deployment on all platforms and headsets.

Steve has directed spots for commercial clients including: Ubisoft, Mattel, Hasbro, Disney, Dodge Microsoft and GEICO. Some of his network clients include Discovery, National Geographic and AMC. In 2012 Steve was honored to be included in the SHOOT New Directors Showcase. Today, he is currently developing several new feature film projects.