Eric Stanze

Director, editor, producer, writer, and 2nd unit director. He has also worked as an actor, voice-over talent, various camera/lighting positions, and even as a special effects artist. Stanze was interning on shoots when he was 16 years old. He entered the industry professionally when he was 18.

Stanze was hired to direct 2nd Unit for two Jim Mickle films, Stake Land (2010) and We Are What We Are (2013). Both films went on to collect numerous film festival awards as well as remarkable acclaim from both critics and horror fans. Eric Stanze is the editor and co-producer of several Paramount Pictures behind-the-scenes documentaries, produced for the studios' Blu-ray releases.

But it was the wildly inventive fever-dream film Ice From The Sun (1999) that put him on the map as a standout filmmaker with a unique and always evolving approach.

His fan base began to expand dramatically with the release of Stanze's intense, brutal, controversial, and critically-acclaimed film Scrapbook (1999) which was named Best Independent Film Of The Year by Rue Morgue Magazine.

Owner of production company Wicked Pixel Cinema, which was founded in 1995. Wicked Pixel Cinema's first release was Savage Harvest, and their first production was Ice From The Sun.

Eric Stanze is a critically-acclaimed, award-winning director, writer, producer, and editor. He also has Director of Photography and 2nd Unit Director credits to his name. Stanze's work spans independent feature films, music videos, documentaries, short films, and more. Stanze's first film was Savage Harvest (1994), which today has an enthusiastic cult following.