My professional career started when I moved from Baltimore to Oklahoma (who knew!) to study at Oklahoma City University where I received a degree in Speech and Theatre.
Shortly after graduating, I achieved my childhood goal of moving to Los Angeles, and found a home at the Colony Theatre Company where I performed in the world premiere Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury, amongst many other wonderful plays, as well as in It’s Hard To Be A Jew at the Pantages Theatre, which had a 6 month run.
After a great run on the LA stage, I found myself venturing back closer to my hometown on the East Coast where I made a home in New York and started a career as a Project Manager/Computer Programmer… who would have seen that shift coming!
Then, I got hit by a cab crossing the street in NYC and fell on my head .... Shortly thereafter I moved back to Los Angeles!
Life came full circle and I found myself working on the prestigious Warner Bros lot in LA where I worked as a Project Manager, won the Andrew Heiskell Award for Human Rights given by Time Warner, and received The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors certificate for my work in aiding in creating a human rights council in Lancaster, CA.
Then, after deciding to get married and have a kid, I took a hiatus of 16 years!
My new family brought me back to DC where, on my way to a divorce, I started back in the theatre where I performed in plays across DC/Baltimore (my hometown) and performed in 7 plays in 1 year while working as a project manager. It was here in DC where I began my career on-camera in Television and Film, and yet again, started to get a foothold back in the New York market, where I commuted back and forth to New York and DC on a weekly basis before retiring from being a Project Manager.
My journey back to New York has led me to studying Alexander Technique, embodying the character and movement with Jean Louis Rodrigue and Kristof Konrad, on-camera scene study with Anthony Robert Grasso, and scene study with Larry Moss and Deena Levy. I have attended workshops in London and Florence Italy, taught by Anthony Robert Grasso and Janice Orlandi.
I now reside in the New York area where I work as an Actor, Executive Producer, Creator and Co-Writer of the recent short film Aaron with 2 A’s and am owner of my production company, Baby Boo Boo Productions LLC. Who knows where the next part of my life will take me! We will see what the future holds.
Official Selection
Aaron With 2 A's
Independent Days International Film Festival
Karlsruhe
2024
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Aaron With 2 A's
Liverpool Indie Awards // LIA
Liverpool
2024
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Aaron With 2 A's
Cannes Film Awards
Cannes
2023
NOMINATED - BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, BEST COMEDY FILM
Aaron With 2 A's
Phoenix Rising International Film Festival
London
2023
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Aaron With 2 A's
Catskill International Film Festival
Middletown, NY
2023
HONORABLE MENTION - BEST DRAMA
Aaron With 2 A's
Your Way International Film Festival
Valetta
2023
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Boston Film Festival
Boston, MA
2023
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Los Angeles Indie Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA
2023
NOMINATED - BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING, BEST ACTOR, BEST ORIGINAL STORY, BEST CAST ENSEMBLE, BEST DIRECTOR
Aaron With 2 A's
Israel Brief Encounters
Ramat Gan
2023
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Ft. Myers Film Festival
Ft. Myers, FL
2023
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Art of Brooklyn Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY
2023
NOMINATED - BEST ACTOR SHORT, BEST FILM SHORT
Aaron With 2 A's
Golden Door International Film Festival
Jersey City, NJ
2023
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Mendocino Film Festival
Mendocino, CA
2023
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Indy Film Fest
Indianapolis, IN
2023
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Long Island International Film Expo (LIIFE)
Long Island, NY
2023
NOMINATED: BEST COMEDY SHORT
Aaron With 2 A's
Chandler International Film Festival
Chandler, AZ
2023
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Chain Film Festival
New York, NY
2023
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Fargo Film Festival
Fargo, ND
2023
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Durango Independent Film Festival
Durango, Co
2023
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San Pedro International Film Festival
San Pedro, CA
2023
WINNER - BEST CAST - SHORT
Aaron With 2 A's
Manhattan Film Festival
New York City, NY
2023
NOMINATED - BEST DIRECTOR SHORT
Aaron With 2 A's
Festival of Cinema NYC
Forest Hills, NY
2023
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HollyShorts Monthly Series
Hollywood, CA
2023
WINNER BEST WRITING (COMEDIC) NOMINATED: BEST ACTOR COMEDY IN A COMEDY, BEST WRITING (COMEDIC), OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM, OUTSTANDING COMEDY
Aaron With 2 A's
New Jersey Web Festival
Montclair, NJ
2023
WINNER: CINEMA WRITING AWARD - STEVE LICHTENSTEIN, MICHAEL GOLDBURG, MARK RESNIK, MONTANA ROCK
Aaron With 2 A's
BlackBird Film Festival
Cortland, NY
2023
WINNER - BEST ACTOR STEVE LICHTENSTEIN
Aaron With 2 A's
The Macro Film Festival
Orlando, Fl
2023
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Aaron With 2 A's
San Antonio Film Festival
San Antonio, TX
2023
WINNER: BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM - STEVE LICHTENSTEIN / NOMINATED: BEST SHORT, BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT, BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - SHORT, BEST SOUNDSCAPE - SHORT
Aaron With 2 A's
Northern Virginia International Film Festival
Fairfax, VA
2023
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Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival
Chicago, IL
2023
WINNER - BEST US DRAMA
Aaron With 2 A's
San Francisco Short Film Festival
San Francisco
2023
WINNER: BEST DRAMA SHORT
Aaron With 2 A's
Coney Island Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY
2023
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DC Short International Film Fest 2023
Washington DC
2023
NOMINATED: BEST COMEDY
Aaron With 2 A's
Beaufort International Film Festival
Beaufort, SC
2023
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Aaron With 2 A's
Oxford Film Festival
Oxford, MS
2023
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Twin Cities Film Festival
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2023
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Katra Film Series
New York, NY
2022
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Soma Film Festival
Maplewood, NJ
2022
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Aaron With 2 A's
SMODCastle Film Festival
Leanardo, New Jersey
2022
NOMINATED: BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY
Aaron With 2 A's
Portland Comedy Festival
Portland
2022
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Aaron With 2 A's
Crown Heights Film Festival
Brooklyn, NY
2022
NOMINATED: BEST COMEDY SHORT
Aaron With 2 A's
ME Film Festival
Midgeville, GA
2022
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Sioux City International Film Festival
Sioux City, IA
2022
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Black Bear Film Festival
Millford, PA
2022
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Long Beach International Film Festival
Long Island, New York
2022
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Peekskill Film Festival
Peekskill, New York
2022
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New York No Limits Film Series
New York
2022
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Aaron With 2 A's
Roosevelt Island Film Festival
New York, New York
2022
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Aaron With 2 A's
Alexandria Film Festival
Alexandria, Va
2022
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Aaron With 2 A's
The Valley Film Festival
North Hollywood, CA
2022
WINNER: BEST DIRECTOR - MICHAEL GOLDBURG / NOMINATED: BEST SHORT, BEST ACTOR, BEST SOUND, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST EDITING
Aaron With 2 A's
NYLIFF New York Long Island Film Festival
Long Island, NY
2022
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Aaron With 2 A's
Lighthouse International Film Festival
Long Beach Island, New Jersey
2022
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Aaron With 2 A's
Charlotte Film Festival
Charlotte, NC
2022
College
Oklahoma City University
Theater
19751978
Birth Date
April 6, 1956
Nickname
Steve
Birth City
Baltimore
Current City
Jersey City
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland
Height
5'7"
Gender
Male
Eye Color
Brown
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Married To
Jill Geier
Children
Jeff Lichtenstein
Won the Andrew Heiskel Award from Time/Warner for Human Rights
"Some people see things as they are and say why. I see things that never were and say why not" George Bernard Shaw
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