Stella Blackmon
Director Spotlight
Stella Blackmon is a director whose work is defined by an intimate, cinematic sensibility rooted in character, emotion, and atmosphere.
This Director Spotlight features Stella Blackmon, a director based in Southwest Missouri and New York whose narrative work draws from her personal roots to tell intimate stories. Grounded in place and community, her films often blur the line between lived experience and fiction.
Stella frequently casts real people, and her extended family and hometown neighbors, inviting them to play heightened versions of themselves in stories set in the Ozarks. This approach lends her work a distinct emotional texture, where familiarity, humor, and intimacy coexist within carefully constructed narratives.
Her storytelling approach is especially present in her four-part Reunion series, as well as in campaigns for babaà, where personal history and character-driven moments shape the work. By building stories around real relationships and environments, Stella creates films that feel specific, honest, and deeply rooted.
Alongside her narrative projects, Stella documented Harry Styles’ sold-out worldwide Love On Tour and recently co-directed Ozark Renegades, a short documentary focused on rodeo trick riders. Her clients include Instacart, Baba, Jacquemus, and more, spanning narrative, documentary, and commercial work while maintaining a consistent, personal point of view.