Stephen Kessler is an Academy Award and Directors Guild of America nominated director, writer, and producer of film, TV, commercials, and branded entertainment.  Films:  Paul Williams Still Alive,  Vegas Vacation,  The Independent.  Ads & Content:  Apple, McDonald’s, Conde Nast, Snapple, HBO, General Motors, Priorities USA, Taco Bell, and the New York Mets.  Stephen is the author of Chiat/Day:  The First Twenty Years, and a co-founder of the non-partisan, non-profit The Comedy Resistance, which encourages millennial activism.