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Within the last 5 years, Steven Chesne has scored
16 independent feature films including "No Turning
Back" - 2002 ALMA Award Winner, Best Independent Motion
Picture, 21 BEST PICTURE AWARDS - including: Cinesol,
Worldfest, Malaga Festival De Cine, Rhode Island Intl.
Film Fest., Comunidad De Madrid Film Fest., New Hampshire
Intl. Film Expo, Palm Springs Intl. Film Fest., Marco
Island Intl. Film Fest., Sacramento Intl. Film Fest.,
Spanish Film Gala Awards, Aguila Azteca Arts Award,
Selected: "One of the 12 Best Feature Films of 2002,"
The Independent Film Society; "The Trip" - WINNER,
Kodak Award, Best Independent Feature - WINNER, Best
Feature, Long Island Film Fest - WINNER, HBO Audience
Award - WINNER, Best Feature, Reel Pride Festival
- WINNER, Best Feature Film, The Dallas Film Fest.
- WINNER, Honolulu Film Fest., Dir. Choice Award,
Best Feature - WINNER, Rehoboth Beach Ind. Film Fest.,
Best Debut Film - WINNER, Rochester Film Fest., Audience
Award, Best Feature - WINNER, Washington D.C. International
Gay Film Fest., Best Feature; "Dinner and a Movie"
- WINNER, 2001 Slamdunk Festival - WINNER, Platinum
Award for Best Comedy Feature, Worldfest International
Film Festival - WINNER, Best Comedy Feature, New Bedford
Film Fest.- WINNER, Best Feature, Texas Film Fest.-
named "The Best Film of 2001 without distribution"
by The Village Voice "Zen Noir" - WINNER, Best Feature,
Moondance film festival - WINNER, Audience Award,
Best Feature-Rhode Island Int. Film Festival - WINNER,
Jury Award, Honorable Mention, Filmfest new Haven;
"Monsoon Wife" (aka "Butterfly Man") - WINNER, Producer's
Award for Best Feature Film, Sarasota Intl. Film Festival
WINNER, "Best of the Fest.," Best Feature Film, The
Phoenix-Scottsdale Intl. Film Festival; "Dry Cycle,"
"UP, Michigan!," and "Artifacts" among others.
In television, Steven has composed the scores for
over 300 episodes of prime-time, network shows including
"Batman: the Animated Series," "Family Man," "Family
Matters," "Getting By," "Girls Across the Lake," "Hangin'
with Mr. Cooper," "The Hogan Family," "Kirk," "Life
Happens," "Perfect Strangers," "Step by Step," "Two
of a Kind," and "Valerie."
In addition to Steven's dramatic scoring, pop and
world-music catalogues, his orchestral concert works
include 2 concertos, 4 symphonies, 2 orchestral suites,
and 2 tone-poems, as well as works for string quartet,
woodwind ensemble, and music for theater and ballet.
His works have been performed by the Ventura Symphony,
the L.A. Modern String Orchestra, The Los Angeles
Ars Symphonia Orchestra, the La Mirada Symphony, Mehli
Mehta's American Youth Symphony, as well as by members
of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the L.A. Chamber
Orchestra, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, and the Pacific
Symphony.
Chesne studied film composition with David Raksin
and Earl Hagen, and classical guitar/renaissance lute
with Pepe Romero and Jim Smith. He has received numerous
awards for outstanding achievement for his compositions
from several organizations including ASCAP, Billboard,
and USC School of Music.
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