Profile

Steven Saylor is an Associate Professor in the University of the Arts' Writing for Film and Television program, where he has taught since 1996, and is a writer, director and editor of narrative films.

His movies, which include three features, have played and won awards in film festivals around the world, aired on public television, and been distributed on home video and via the Internet. Saylor completed his latest feature in May of 2009, a comedy-drama called God’s Country, Off Route 9; before that, he made the noir thriller Beat the Air and the multi-award-winning satire The Pope of Utah.

Among his awards are Best Feature in the Chicago Underground Film Festival, Best Low-Budget Feature in London’s Raindance Film Festival, and a merit citation in the Chicago Film Festival. He was also honored by the Motion Picture Sound Editors for the sound design of a student short, The Celebrity.

Before earning his MFA in film from Temple University, Saylor was a sportswriter and copy editor at the Lancaster, Pa., Intelligencer Journal and an editor for public-television magazines in Philadelphia and New Jersey. He has also written numerous scripts for educational videos.

In addition to his film degree, Saylor holds a master’s degree in creative writing and English, also from Temple.