Todd Felderstein
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
A penchant for actors and character-driven storytelling, Todd Felderstein is the current Actors Studio Artist-In-Residence. With an award-winning career in the multi-verse of film, TV and theatre, Todd eyes the groundbreaking careers of such screen and stage directors as Sydney Pollack, Sidney Lumet and Frank Capra as his virtual guiding lights. To live and create under the same roof as these and other luminaries is beyond an honor.
Todd's productions continue to grow in both size and scope and have been recognized in festivals all over the world from Cannes to Los Angeles, he is even in the Guinness Book of World Records! A writer on Sony TV's animated "Spider-Man," a hit show which blossomed with further TV opportunities, Todd chose to make the feature documentary "Magics" in Israel which went on to play internationally and today can be found on Amazon Prime. The pandemic inspired Todd to create the digital platform Smartphone Theatre and has since produced over 50 original digital productions amassing a global audience which is quickly approaching 100,00. The ongoing platform features such stars at Susan Sullivan, David Selby, Robert Hays, Stan Davis, Jack Kehler and many other legendary actors from Broadway to Hollywood. Todd was also very fortunate to sit with Oscar winner Alan Arkin in a two hour conversation in what would become one of his last interviews.
Born in Rochester, NY, the birthplace of Kodak, Todd moved to Baltimore, Md at a very young age where his obsession with the camera was unleashed. As a child, Todd spent countless hours splitting his time between the darkroom and the movie screen. Relocating to Los Angeles shortly after his graduation from the University of Maryland, Todd's career blossomed as a commercial and portrait photographer while directing stage and independent productions. Today Todd peppers his directing career with photography and conducts workshops at the Los Angeles Center of Photography and Samy's Camera.
Todd's productions continue to grow in both size and scope and have been recognized in festivals all over the world from Cannes to Los Angeles, he is even in the Guinness Book of World Records! A writer on Sony TV's animated "Spider-Man," a hit show which blossomed with further TV opportunities, Todd chose to make the feature documentary "Magics" in Israel which went on to play internationally and today can be found on Amazon Prime. The pandemic inspired Todd to create the digital platform Smartphone Theatre and has since produced over 50 original digital productions amassing a global audience which is quickly approaching 100,00. The ongoing platform features such stars at Susan Sullivan, David Selby, Robert Hays, Stan Davis, Jack Kehler and many other legendary actors from Broadway to Hollywood. Todd was also very fortunate to sit with Oscar winner Alan Arkin in a two hour conversation in what would become one of his last interviews.
Born in Rochester, NY, the birthplace of Kodak, Todd moved to Baltimore, Md at a very young age where his obsession with the camera was unleashed. As a child, Todd spent countless hours splitting his time between the darkroom and the movie screen. Relocating to Los Angeles shortly after his graduation from the University of Maryland, Todd's career blossomed as a commercial and portrait photographer while directing stage and independent productions. Today Todd peppers his directing career with photography and conducts workshops at the Los Angeles Center of Photography and Samy's Camera.