Steve Arounsack

About

Steve Arounsack is an award-winning filmmaker and educator based in the U.S. With over 20 years of media experience across the production spectrum, his works have showcased on PBS (United States), television, at film festivals, and at national exhibitions. He directed GETTING LAO’D, a documentary that highlights the music and film revolution in Laos; it has screened at several major U.S. film festivals. He earned an Sony Electronics Faculty Award for Innovative Instruction with Technology, a prestigious national Gates Millennium Scholarship, and a Center for Asian American Media Fellowship. Additionally, he has organized numerous national and international film festivals. Dr. Arounsack is an associate professor of cultural anthropology at California State University, Stanislaus and serves as the director of the Keck Visual Anthropology Lab.