CREATING FILMS WITH SOUL

DIRECTOR / FILMMAKER

Creating authentic films with soul is what drives me.

I started making films to share different perspectives, authentic stories, expressing untold feelings and to inspire people.My focus is on modern and authentic BRANDED CONTENT creation. Combining DOCUMENTARIES with COMMERCIALS. Telling real, authentic and inspiring stories, in a cinematic style and connecting the brands values with the content and story.

BRANDS I WORKED WITH

CONTACT

Freiburg, Germany / Manila, Philippines

DIRECT CONTACT

mail@steve-won.com

COMMERCIALS [CH]

ROCKET FILM / Kerstin Reulen, Producer Film & Digital

SOCIAL MEDIA

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Behind the Scenes, Short Films, Stills & Photography.

It’s a wrap. 15 days of shooting in Austria, Kur

It’s a wrap. 15 days of shooting in Austria, Kurdistan (Iraq), Germany and France for an upcoming short doc about @majidk for @redbull . Can’t wait to release this one. I know Majid since 2010, long time before he was leading the scene. So when Red Bull asked me if I want to direct this. I knew this will be ✨. Super grateful for this opportunity and thankful for my friends creating this with me. Big thanks Majid for trusting me, telling your story. And Red Bull for being open for that personal story and format.

📷 @igor_mclovin

#kaizenstudio #documentary #filmproduction #brandedcontent #redbull #stevewon #majid #majidkessab

Some quick & dirty snapshots from Barcelona. Captu

Some quick & dirty snapshots from Barcelona. Capturing raw street culture - always my first love. Breaking, Skating etc there is something enlightening and inspiring about those street cultures and its people. Maybe it’s the freedom, anti establishment, authenticity, the community, their hard dedication and commitment to something, I really don’t know. But I feel always grounded and inspired around those people and have huge respect. Just by the fact that they commit themselves to an endless journey of progress to free their mind for a few hours a day.

#skate #barcelona #barca #spain #skateboard #streetculture #fujifilm #fujix100f

Oceans 15 starring @mardan_ismail @steve_won #ca

Oceans 15
starring
@mardan_ismail
@steve_won

#cannes #yda #canneslions #Filmfestival #cannesfilmfestival #france

Another video journal of some random impressions t

Another video journal of some random impressions that I captured during a sunset walk in General Luna, Siargao Island, Philippines.

I really love the street atmospheres in the Philippines. People socializing with their neighbors. Having a beer, singing some songs. Kids playing around. I often miss this in my country (Germany). I feel people in Germany are way to often living a quite isolated and way to serious life. Focusing to much on negative things instead of enjoying the moment. Even those people in the Philippines who have a super hard life, they never forget to smile and to enjoy life as much as possible. Love this mindset. Life is to short to be to serious. We have to re-learn to enjoy the simple moments.

Mahal kong Pilipinas.

Camera: Canon C70
@canondeutschland @canoneoscamera

#video #filmmaker #philippines #travel #siargao #cinematography #canon #canonc70 #c70

surf tayo The first mini clip of a video journal I

surf tayo
The first mini clip of a video journal I wanna start. Short impressions of a day, moment, people what ever I find interesting to capture.

Surf Tayo is about a group of kids @igor_mclovin and me surfed with in Siargao, Philippines. Inspired by the experience in the water with them we decided to come back the next day to capture those impressions.

🚁👨‍✈️by @igor_mclovin
🎥✂️🎨 by @steve_won
🎵Gustavo Santaolalla - Lela
🏄🏻‍♂️ @sclarince @delamideleonel

#film #filmmaking #vlog #philippines #siargao #surf #canon #c70 #canonc70 #saltysurfhousings #travel #filmmaker

Often people only see the surface of instagram and

Often people only see the surface of instagram and think that’s the reality of someone’s life. I alway keep on saying don’t believe the fake feed of high moments. Even mine. Also my close friends sometimes don’t see the work behind all of it. The weekends, night shifts, mind struggles, motivation challenges, anxieties, disappointments, sacrifices, the commitmen …they think making films is fun. To make a living with your passion comes with a high price to pay. It’s only worth to pay if you are obsessed of what you do. I always say: if you win the lottery tomorrow and don’t need to work again… what you would do with your free time ? what is it you would wake up for every Sunday morning 5am even when you don’t need to? Because you are obsessed with it. The sense of life isn’t to have a cocktail on the beach and watching sunsets. You will get bored of that quite quickly trust me. I did it enough by myself. The happiest moments of my life wasn’t the ones where I relaxed on the beach watching waves. The most thrilling memories of my life that I love looking back to was during production, high adrenalin, suffering and collaborating with my team to create something we all manifested in our head. Sometimes it feels like torture as you have to leave your comfortzone a lot. But I’m obsessed. Can’t stop doing it.
11 years of making films. It enriched my life incredible… I saw a lot. I learned a lot. I matured a lot. And it’s still the beginning. Thrilled of what comes next.
Can’t stop 🎥
Thanks god for those opportunities 🙏🏻
Happy and thankful for all the connections with you guys on that path.

📸 @timpescatore

#director #filmmaking #filmmaker #motivation #mindset #film

„Women can be faster then men“ #IWD #internat

„Women can be faster then men“
#IWD #internationalwomensday

Snippet of our 2020 film for the NGO @thepanjeproject prod by @rocketfilmzurich

PanjeProject is empowering women of Zanzibar to use their right to learn how to swim. Their work is depending on donations so if you like their work, please visit their site and donate what you can, to keep those strong women moving their mission.

DoP @__schneider___
Editor @gbungard
Sound @tontonton_kollektiv
Music @insightful
Color @josephbicknell @company_3
Directed @steve_won

Directing a branded content short film about the i

Directing a branded content short film about the inspiring brother @majidk in Kurdistan.

📷 by @dieserbobby

#kurdistan #iraq #directing #director #filmproduction #filmmaker #majidkessab #documentary #brandedcontent

Aum (43) from Bangkok Thailand. Because of a wrong

Aum (43) from Bangkok Thailand. Because of a wrong path he took in his life, he had to spend more then 6 years in jail. Inside he got his tattoo - cambodian signs - where every sign have a meaning. It´s like an mantra that protects him to stay in the light. In his area he is a master for the youth. Inspiring them to walk the path of light.

#streetphotography #photography #fuji #fujix100f #bangkok #bkk #thailand #tattoo

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