Stephen Travis Pope (1955) grew up just outside New York City, and studied at Cornell University, The Vienna Music Academy and the Mozarteum in Salzburg. He has realized his musical works in the North America (Toronto, Stanford, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, Havana) and Europe (Paris, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Salzburg, Vienna, Berlin). His music is available from Centaur Records, Perspectives of New Music, Touch Music, SBC Records and Absinthe Records.
In 2007, The Electronic Music Foundation in New York released a triple-disc retrospective of his works called "Ritual and Memory"; his latest release is the multi-award-winning feature-length visual/music film "Secrets, Dreams, Faith and Wonder" (with videos by R Lane Clark, Lance Putnam and others).
Stephen also has over 100 technical publications on music theory and composition, computer music, software engineering and artificial intelligence. He lives in Ojai, California.

"Secrets, Dreams, Faith and Wonder" has been awarded the following honors:

Best Experimental Film: 48 Hours Film Festival (FF), NYC, 2021 - Andromeda FF (Special Van Gogh award), Istanbul, Turkey, 2023 - Berlin Lift-Off FF, 2023 - Berlin Motion Picture Awards, 2023 - Berlin Cine Week FF, 2021 - Beyond the Borders Int'l FF (IFF), Kolkata, 2021 - Big Ben IFF, London, 2021 - Brandenburg/Berlin IFF, 2021 - Calcutta Indie IFF, 2023 - Chicago Cinemalia FF, 2022 - Cinephilia, Cadiz, Spain, 2020 - Dhaka Intl. Cultural FF, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023 - Dubai International Cine Carnival, 2023 - Falcon IFF, London, 2021 - Filmzen Int'l Competiton, Barcelona, 2023 - Five Continents IFF, Lechería, Venezuela, 2021 - Gangtok FF, Sikkim, 2022 - Ghum IFF, Darjeeling, West Bengal, 2021 - Gladiator FF, Istanbul, Turkey, 2023 - Golden Wheat Awards, İstanbul, Turkey, 2023 - Great Britain Silver Screen Awards, 2023 - Hercules Independent FF, Seville, 2022 - Holy Grail FF, Jerusalem, 2020 - Hong Kong IF Carnival, 2023 - Indus Valley FF, 2020 - Int'l Gold Awards, New York, 2023 - Intl. Open FF, Dhaka, 2020 - Kateye IFF, Kolkata, 2021 - L.A. Sun Film Fest, Los Angeles, 2021 - LA Independent Film Channel, Los Angeles, 2021 - London Cine Week, 2023 - Masters of Cinema F, Moscow, 2021 - New York Independent Cinema Awards, 2021 - Old Monk IFF, Kathmandu, 2023 - Perak Cave Int'l Cine Carnival, Malaysia, 2021 - Phuket IFF, Thailand, 2023 - Saga De Cine Critics Choice Awards, Tarragona Spain, 2022 - Singapore IFF, 2023 - South Film and Arts Academy F, Chile, 2022 - Swedish Academy of Motion Picture Awards (SAMPA), 2023 - TopShot IFF, Warsaw, 2022 - Toronto International FF, 2023 - Venice (IT) Grand Cine Celebration, 2023 - Venus Community Awards, Istanbul, 2023 - Wonderland IFF, Sydney, 2020 - World Film Commission Fest, Sydney, 2023 - Your Way IFF, Malta, 2022

Best Animated Film or Best Original Score: Awareness FF, Hollywood, 2012 - Berlin Motion Picture Awards, 2023 - Cinephilia Motion Pictures F, Cadiz, Spain, 2020 - Cult Critic Movie Awards, Kolkata, 2023 - Dhaka Intl. Cultural FF, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2023 - Experimental FF, Barcelona, 2020 - Global Nonviolent FF, 2020 - HALO IFF, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2021 - Hollywood International Golden Age F, 2022 - IFF for Spiritual Films, Jakarta, 2013 - Intl. Open FF, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2020 - Int’l Film-maker F, Berlin, 2016 - Jaisalmer IFF, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, 2023 - Kateye IFF, Kolkata, 2020 - La Dolce Vita Cine de Roma (Animation), 2020 - La Dolce Vita Cine de Roma (Editing), 2020 - La Dolce Vita Cine de Roma (Score), 2020 - Marina Del Rey FF, 2022 - Mont Blanc FF (Animation), Paris, 2020 - Mont Blanc FF (Score), Paris, 2020 - Sand Dance IFF, Rajastan, 2020 - Seven Wonders IFF, New Delhi, 2023 - Sydney Global Cine Carnival, Australia, 2023 - TopShot IFF, Warsaw, 2022

Other Awards: "Chris" Award of Excellence: Columbus IF & Video F, 2014 - Critics' Choice Award: Druk IFF, Paro, Bhutan, 2019 - Certificate of Cinematic Excellence: 4th Dimension IFF, Bali, 2021 - Concept, Indus Valley FF, 2020 - Director, La Dolce Vita Cine de Roma, 2020 - Editing, Holy Grail FF, Jerusalem, 2020 - Editing, Intl. Open FF, Dhaka, 2020 - Experimental Film, Brooklyn International Cinefest, 2021 - Outstanding Achievement Award, Exp. Film & Best Music Video & Best Film on Religion: Jaisalmer IFF, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, 2023 - Experimental Film, La Dolce Vita Cine de Roma, 2020 - Best No-dialogue Film, Reel Harmony Film and Script Festival, London, 2023 - Experimental Film, Sand Dance IFF, Rajastan, 2020 - Experimental Film, Tagore FF, Birbhum, West Bengal, 2020 - Experimental Film, Twilight Tokyo FF, 2020 - Green Chilli IFF, Gangtok, West Bengal, 2020 - Mont Blanc FF, Paris, 2020 - Music Video, Holy Grail FF, Jerusalem, 2020 - Outstanding Achievement Award, Paris Cine Fiesta, 2023 - Sound Design, Indus Valley FF, 2020 - World Film Carnival, Singapore, 2019