Steven Napolitan began making movies during his high school years as a way to replace English class work. He got the movie bug after his first successful screening of a book interpretation he shot and edited on video of “Lord of the Flies” meets “1984.”

In 1995, Napolitan started his first semester at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco and was working toward a career in the motion picture industry. It was at film school where Napolitan met Michael Picarella, an up-and-coming writer-director who would later become a key collaborator.

In 1996, Napolitan and another friend started their own video production company. They took out a loan and bought three digital cameras, a lighting package and an editing system. The partnership eventually split up and the company dissolved.

In 1998, Napolitan operated a camera on a short movie that Picarella was making. It was on the set of Picarella’s movie that Napolitan met someone who worked at a local production company. Phone numbers were exchanged and within a month, Napolitan was working as a freelancer for the production company and other video producers. He did just about everything from teleprompting to shooting camera to editing.
Soon after, Napolitan started up a new production company that he would run by himself. He shot weddings, edited corporate videos and edited other projects for companies that were backlogged with work.

In 1999, Napolitan produced a short film made by Picarella. The project was the first real collaboration between the two filmmakers and it lead to the making of their feature-length movie, “1 2 3.” Napolitan produced and edited the project.
Following the completion of “1 2 3,” Napolitan is producing and editing a second feature-length film, “Punchcard Player.” Again, Napolitan is collaborating with Picarella.

Napolitan currently owns and operates Napolitan Productions, located in Tracy, California. Since the formation of the company, he’s produced projects for many Fortune 500 companies and others.