The Californian desert, somewhere between Death Valley and Los Angeles. She - pert, forward, a ball of fire - has just thrown her mobile away after an angry tete-a-tete with her (ex-) boyfriend. He - rugged, handsome, the independent outdoor type - is hitching a ride back to LA and knows a good bet when he sees one. A road movie with ploys and fantasies, arm-wrestling and one-upmanship, Justin Stauber’s “Did You Ever Have Sex Like This?” is a throwback to the Pat & Mike, Tracy & Hepburn screwball comedies
After Justin Leonard Stauber finished co-writing a TV prime time screenplay for German TV, which aired May 2002, he got the opportunity to write and direct a short feature as part of the international renown artistic anthology “Erotic Tales”.
Justin Leonard Stauber lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles. With his first 35mm short "THE HAPPY ENDING" he created a thought satirical provoking shortfilm about human rights and the way people communicate nowadays. This award-winning film was shot with the strong support of the Hollywood film industry and Amnesty International. The success of "THE HAPPY ENDING" led to a pick up by Universal Studios. German TV recently broadcasted a ½ hour documentary about him and this work.
Born in Germany, Justin Leonard Stauber worked in the European TV & Film industry before he decided to pursue an offer from Warner Bros. to participate in WB's director & producer trainee program at the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank/Los Angeles. Among others he worked for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Steven Seagal, Donn Cambern (“Easy Rider”), Arnold Koppelsen (“The Fugitive”).
With his Masters of Fine Arts in film, theatre and philosophy (Freiburg & Cologne, Germany) he directed and produced already in his early years TV and video art. Not only was he sponsored with a fellowship for filmstudies in Paris, he was also selected as a "Young Leader" 1999 by the American Council on Germany and the Atlantikbrücke. Due to his education in 3 different European countries and his time and training in the U.S. Justin Leonard Stauber focuses in his work on creating artistically challenging films for an international market.
Filmography
1999 THE HAPPY ENDING writer director (short film) Bronze Award, Houston Worldfest, nominated for Hessischer Filmpreis 2000
2000 FIRE RIDER (feature trailer)
2000 I DON'T DO NO DRUGS writer director (short film)
2000 BIRD ON THE HEAD writer director(short film)
2000 REBECCA AND FRANK writer director (short film)
2001 STERNSTUNDEN - SAG EINFACH JA co-author (TV Movie)
2002 DID YOU EVER writer director(short feature)
directed several music videos in US and Germany
