A writer and Sundance-award winning director, Stephen Marshall is the internationally known creator of Channel Zero, the world's first global VHS newsmagazine. Distributed in Tower, Virgin and HMV record stores around the world, Channel Zero became an underground hit and one of the first successes of the small format video revolution. The Village Voice wrote, "Leave it to a Canadian to revolutionize television." The Toronto Star called Channel Zero, "A mind blowing trip, one neither CNN nor 60 Minutes would ever take." In 1997, Stephen consulted CNN Chairman Tom Johnson on the creation of a youth-based global news network.
Since co-founding Guerrilla News Network (GNN.tv) in 2000, Marshall has directed more than 15 NewsVideos, including the Sundance Award-winning, Crack the CIA, as well as controversial music videos for Beastie Boys, Eminem and 50 Cent. His first book, True Lies, was published in October 2004 by Penguin/Plume and is a collaboration with Anthony Lappe and Ian Inaba. His feature documentary, BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge won the Silver Hugo for Best Documentary at the 2004 Chicago International Film Festival and was acquired by Showtime Network and and HomeVision for tv and home video respectively. This Revolution, his first narrative feature starring Rosario Dawson, premiered at Sundance 2005, was acquired by Sundance Channel for broadcast and Screen Media for home video.
Marshall's new non-fiction book, Wolves in Sheep's Clothing, was published by Disinfo in summer 2007. His new feature, HolyWars, began shooting in January 2006 and is a co-production between revolutiontheory and Smuggler Films.
Over the span of his career, he has traveled and worked in more than 50 countries.
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