1. Steve Janas
217 Walnut Street, Delanco, New Jersey, 08075
Phone: (609) 792-2470 E-Mail: Stevejanas@Yahoo.com
General Information
Steve Janas is a writer-filmmaker based in New Jersey, with more than 20 years experience producing
content for Film, Television and the Web. The Co-Owner of Reel Stuff Entertainment, Steve has produced
more than 1,500 projects since 2005, including an original web series for The Discovery Channel and original
content for clients like The Travel Channel, HGTV, Aol and the actor James Franco’s Rabbit Bandini
Productions. Steve is also a former publicist and an award-winning print journalist. As a screenwriter, he is
represented by Woolf & Lapin.
Production
Filmmaker & Photographer SmartShoot – 2005-Present
Shot and edited more than 1,400 projects for SmartShoot, one of the largest filmmaker networks on the Web.
Steve is among their longest-serving and best-reviewed filmmakers, having produced such content as small-
business videos for clients like Yelp, YP.Com, Zillow, Groupon, Zagat and many others.
Producer Lawyers.com – 2012-2013
Directed and managed the video production for Lawyers.com, the nation’s leading search engine for the
legal industry. Duties involved establishing and managing a nationwide network of filmmakers, planning and
assigning shoots in consultation with clients, editing videos and delivering them to Lawyers.com.
Documentary: Mitzi Rabbit Bandini Productions - 2014
Edited documentary about the actor James Franco and his grandmother Mitzi, based on interviews James
conducted with her. The project involved taking James’ interviews and creating a consistent narrative arc
working independently in the editing room.
Short Film: The Tolltaker Reel Stuff Entertainment - 2012
Produced, wrote and directed the award-winning short film The Tolltaker, based on a feature-length
screenplay Steve wrote previously that was a semi-finalist in the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting
Competition.
TV Series: Europe After Dark Reel Stuff Entertainment - 2010
Conceived, produced, wrote, shot and edited eight-episode travel-lifestyle TV series about nightlife in
Europe, hosted by Sean “Hollywood” Hamilton, afternoon-drive DJ at New York City’s WKTU-FM with almost
six million weekly listeners. Project involved travel to Europe to shoot in locations such as Ibiza and
Amsterdam, and exclusive interviews with major EDM artists like Swedish House Mafia and David Guetta.
Web Series: Living Tomorrow The Discovery Channel - 2007
Pitched, produced, wrote, shot and edited 15-episode hosted web series about short-term future technology
called Living Tomorrow. Project involved traveling to and shooting in Living Tomorrow demonstration houses
in Brussels and Amsterdam.

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TV Series: The Red Carpet Showtime Networks – 2002-2003
Wrote, shot and edited the half-hour hosted TV series The Red Carpet for Showtime Next. The series involved
creating packages around interviews with celebrities on the red carpet at various Hollywood events.
Feature Documentary: Better Living Through Circuitry Cleopatra Films – 1999
Steve has four separate credits on Better Living Through Circuitry, a feature-length music documentary
about the rave scene in America that was the opening-night selection of the 1999 Los Angeles Independent
Film Festival. The film was picked up for nationwide theatrical distribution through 7th Arts Releasing and has
been shown at film festivals and on TV networks around the world, including Channel 4 in the United
Kingdom and Showtime in the United States. Credits include Associate Producer, Production Coordinator,
Shooter and Editor.
Writing
Screenplay: The Long Home Rabbit Bandini Productions - 2015
Co-wrote adaptation of William Gay’s novel The Long Home, winner of the 1999 James Michener Memorial
Award for fiction, with Vince Jolivette, co-writer of Child of God and James Franco’s partner in Rabbit
Bandini Productions. Film production to begin in May of 2015, starring and directed by James Franco.
Screenplay: Nothing Rabbit Bandini Productions - 2014
Pitched and wrote the feature-length screenplay Nothing, a true-crime account of the murder of teenager
Jason Sweeney by his friends in Philadelphia in 2003. Project involved conducting extensive interviews with
survivors and witnesses to the case.
Screenplay: Blackmoth Rabbit Bandini Productions - 2014
Pitched and wrote the feature-length screenplay Blackmoth, a psychological horror story that won the 2014
Creative World Awards and secured representation through Woolf & Lapin, who attached the established
director John Poliquin to it. It has been read by established production companies that include Blumhouse
Productions, Lakeshore Entertainment and Vertigo Productions.
Screenplay: The Tolltaker 2005
Wrote The Tolltaker, a feature-length screenplay about a young boy coming of age in the aftermath of the
Vietnam War in the early 1970’s. The screenplay was named a semi-finalist in the prestigious Nicholl
Fellowship Screenwriting Competition, held each year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
Time Off Magazine – Assistant Editor 1995-1997
Researched and wrote articles for publication in an arts and entertainment supplement to the Princeton
Packet and a chain of other newspapers in central New Jersey. Duties also included generating and
assigning stories, editing the work of other writers and lay-out of the magazine.
The Princeton Packet – Newspaper Reporter 1994-1995
Researched and wrote articles and features as a staff reporter for the Princeton Packet. Beat included
Princeton, New Jersey and surrounding areas.

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Westwood One Radio Networks – Publicist 1993-1994
Wrote press releases and distributed them to an established network of press contacts for the Westwood
One Radio Network in Culver City, California.
Education
Bachelor of Arts – Rutgers University 1991
Graduated Cum Laude with a 3.75 GPA. Was named recipient of the Donald Saunders Award for Academic
Excellence.