Frank Stiefel, 74, Curiosity and Freedom in Filmmaking

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Former businessman in media arts, Frank Steifel, made his first film at age 62, and another at 70, which won an Academy Award. David Stewart, founder of AGEIST magazine and creator of the site weareageist.com  interviewed Steifel for this engaging profile. Through a series of questions Stewart elicited the influences, personality traits and motivations that shaped Steifel’s decisions to become a film-maker later in life.  Steifel stated: “I know that some of what I do will fail but the older I get the less that matters.”

 

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subject terms

Aging & Longevity

Aging & Longevity > Aging & Longevity

Aging & Longevity > Positive Aging

Aging & Longevity > Purpose

contributor

David

related organization

Ageist

state

NY

resource type

Articles and Blog Posts

year

2021

keywords

Ageism, Anti-ageism, Filmmaking

art form

Film, Animation, & Video