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STEPHEN THOMAS CAVIT
COMPOSER
An Emmy Award winner in 2008 for his work on the series Community Stories. Stephen
has worked on various Films & TV shows creating music in various musical styles from
percussive, quirky band like music to traditional classic scores.
Stephen's first feature film, The Four Corners of Nowhere, premiered at the 1995 Sundance
Film Festival and award winning documentary Everything’s Cool premiered at the
2007Sundance Film Festival.
Other work includes the film Blue Vinyl (Sundance 2002) and the TV series Family Bonds, both
for HBO; The Meaning of Food, a mini-series for PBS; Knocking, a film for the Independent
Lens series on PBS; Prom Night in Kansas City for USA network; and The Cult of Cindy, an
original film for AMC. He has also contributed music to the films Chuck & Buck and The Good
Girl for director Miguel Arteta (Sundance 2000 and 2002) and contributed regularly to the MTV
shows The Real World and Road Rules.
Stephen was awarded one of six fellowships to the 2000 Sundance Composers Lab where he
studied with composers such as Carter Burwell (Fargo),George S. Clinton (Austin Powers 1 &
2) and Graeme Ravel (Sin City). In 2005 Stephen was invited to attend BMI’s prestigious
Conducting Workshop where he studied with conductor Lucas Richman.
In 2008, Stephen was awarded a residency with the prestigious St. James Cathedral Choir in
Seattle, the first in its 100 year history.
FILM CREDITS
How to Lose Your Virginity (Documentary)
Directed by Therese Shechter
Trixie Films
The Greater Good (Documentary)
Directed by Chris Pilaro & Kendall Nelson
BNP Pictures
Everything’s Cool (Documentary)
Directed by Daniel B. Gold & Judith Helfan
Toxic Comedy Pictures
How To Live Forever (Documentary)
Directed by Mark Wexler
Wexworld Films/Variance Films
Not So Still Life (documentary)
Directed by Karen Stanton
ShadowCatcher Entertainment, LLC.
The Stranger
Directed by Rod Lundsgard
The Stranger Series LLC
Damaged Goods
Directed by Jason Francois
Vanguard Cinema
The Good Girl (Additional Music)
Directed by Miguel Arteta
Fox Searchlight Pictures Flan de Coco Films
Knocking
Directed by Joel Engardio & Tom Shepard
Open Door Productions PBS
Hello
Directed by John Helde
Try This Films LLC
Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern
Directed by Jon Steven Ward
Rosen/Ward
Frame of Mind
Directed by Brad T. Gottfred
Elevation Properties
Prom Night in Kansas City
Hali Lee & Peter von Ziegesar
Golden Pig Productions & USA Trio
Small Emergencies
Directed by Scott Corbett
Big Jerry Films
Blue Vinyl (Documentary)
Directed by Daniel B. Gold & Judith Helfand
HBO Films & Toxic Comedy Pictures
The Channel
Directed by Kristi Reed & Pat Scanlon
Jackam Stripe Productions
The Uncertainty Principle
Directed by Toni Sherwood
Lucid Film
Chuck & Buck
Directed by Miguel Arteta
Artisan Entertainment
Bingo! The Documentary
Directed by John Jeffcoat
Jeffcoat Films
The Four Corners of Nowhere
Directed by Steve Chbosky
American Platypus Entertainment Ltd
TV CREDITS
Bounty Hunters (TV Series)
Directed by Brian M. Jones & Daniel Lucas Stern
PSG Films & National Geographic Channel
Community Stories (Theme Music & Series)
Episode “Craft Specialty” - Music Composition/Arrangement
* Emmy Award Winner 2008 – Best Music
The Meaning of Food (TV Series)
Directed by Maria Gargiulo
Pie in the Sky Productions & PBS
The Cult of Cindy
Directed by Toby Oppenhiemer
Stick Figure Productions & AMC Films
The Eyes of NYE
Directed by Steve Wilson
KCTS Seattle & Disney
Family Bonds
Directed by Steven Cantor
Stick Figure Productions & HBO Films
Pike Place Market: Soul Of A City
Directed by Virginia Bogert
Laughing Dog Pictures & KCTS Seattle
Road Rules (additional music)
Bunim -Murray Productions
MTV Networks
Real World (additional music)
Bunim-Murray Productions
MTV Networks
AWARDS:
WINNER: Emmy Award (2008) Music in TV series
“Community Stories.”
NATIONALITY –
American, Located in Seattle, WA and Los Angeles.
NOTEWORTHY In March 2006, he was commissioned by St. James
Cathedral Choir to compose 3 choral works which premiered at the
Vatican, St. Peter’s Basillica, Rome for Pope Benedict XVI. In 2008,
Stephen was awarded a regional Emmy Award for his work on the series
Community Stories.
REPRESENTATION:
Rochelle Sharpe
Incite Management Inc.
P: 818-223-9307
E: [email protected]