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Stephen Labovsky
Stephen Labovsky (born July 16, 1944 in Martinsville, VA) is a playwright and poet living in San Francisco, CA. Labovsky is best known for three films on art, Maine In America,” Patriots & Pirates, Capturing Nureyev—James Wyeth Paints The Dancer,” and a documentary about an infamous Northern, spectacle lynching that took place in Wilmington, Delaware in 1903, In The Dead Fire’s Ashes.

Labovsky matriculated from The International School in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1964, and went on to attend the London Film School in 1968. In 1970 Labovsky began his advertising career at Benton & Bowles in London. In 1976, he moved to New York City and worked on staff and freelance for numerous ad agencies and production companies, as a copywriter, producer and director for numerous, national network TV commercials. In 1994, Labovsky moved to Wilmington, DE, and began his own production company, Full Circle Studios. The company made films for various foundation, not-for-profits, and museums. Labovsky wrote and directed three films with Andrew and Jamie Wyeth, as well as several pieces for the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. In 2003, Labovsky wrote and directed a documentary on lynching, In The Dead Fire's Ashes The film is the subject of some controversy

Labovsky is currently living and working in San Francisco's Glen Park Village. He is currently working on a two act play, “Better Things For Better Living,” and “Waiting For Margaux,” both slated for premiers in 2009. He also maintains three popular poetry blogs: The Delaware Rambler; City By The Bard, and a children’s site, “I Can Ally.”