Hello, I’m Steven DeRosa
Author, Film Studies Instructor,
Hitchcock Scholar, Filmmaker
Writing
From non-fiction to screenplays, ghostwriting, public relations, book reviews, ad copy, and even a children’s book, I’ve done it.
Film
Writing. Directing. Post-production. Research. Intellectual property consulting. Contest judging. Film screenings. Festival directing and judging, Film studies course design. Contact me about your next project.
Blog
General musings on film, craft beer & brewing, baseball, music and the otherwise mundane and sometimes irksome aspects of life that compel me to tap at the keys.
My Students
Each year, the Media Studies Program at Mercy College holds a showcase in which each concentration presents examples of student work. Since 2017, I have worked with my students to produce mini-documentaries to demonstrate the topics that they research and discuss throughout the semester. Here are a few examples.
My Classroom at Alamo Drafthouse
Since 2017, I have been fortunate to work the creative managers at Alamo Drafthouse in Yonkers, NY to program films relevant to my courses, allowing students to experience films in the manner in which they were intended to be seen—in a theater, on a large screen, with an audience. Discussions with the audience and my students are held at the conclusion of each screening.
WRITING WITH HITCHOCK
Writing with Hitchcock
The True Story Behind the Alfred Hitchcock classics
- Rear Window
- To Catch a Thief
- The Trouble with Harry
- The Man Who Knew Too Much
This updated edition includes
- A detailed ‘making-of’ account of each of the four films
- Alfred Hitchcock’s dubbing notes for Rear Window
- Deleted script sequences
- Hitchcock’s own notes on John Michael Hayes’s screenplay for The Man Who Knew Too Much
- Forty-four illustrations
Testimonials
What Can I Do for You?
Writing-wise: From non-fiction to screenplays, ghostwriting, public relations, book reviews, ad copy, even a children’s book. I’ve done it.
Film-wise: Writing. Directing. Post-production. Research. Intellectual property consulting. Festival judging, coordinating and hosting. Film screenings. Film studies course design.
Contact me about your next project.
Want to work with me?
Sometimes I write About Writing
What I Will Never Forget
Everywhere I’ve looked in the last few days I've seem to come across the words, “Remember” or “Never Forget.” On signs in windows, on the television, on newspapers, on the Facebook status of friends, on Tweets. And of course in many of those instances I wonder what it...
Reflections on Winnebago Man
It’s hard to believe that it was nearly fourteen years ago that I first became aware of Jack Rebney. I did this in the way that most people did, through a fiftieth or hundredth generation VHS compilation of outtakes and between-the-scenes footage that came to be known...
Will write for …
What can I say? I’ve been feeling pretty inspired lately, and so I’ve been doing a great deal of writing. Which is good. And it seems the more writing I do, the more I think about writing. And of course I’m thinking about all kinds of writing. Screenwriting,...