TRIVIA

▪ Stephen’s short film, 15 Minutes of Fame, in which he was both the writer and director, achieved 3rd place at the UPC-AXN Film Festival in 2008. The film was also a personal favorite of the renowned producer Andy Vajna.

▪ DNA tests reveal Stephen's descent from Hungarian Scythians, Pannonian Ostrogoths and Kievan Rus, with ancestors who also lived in the Roman city of Viminacium and served aboard the ill-fated flagship Stora Kronan in the Battle of Öland. His lineage includes Kings Ladislaus I and Béla III of Hungary from the House of Árpád, as well as the Houses of Aba and Báthory, demon hunter Gleb Svyatoslavich, Prince Izjaslav Ingaevych of the Rurik Dynasty, and he is a direct descendant of the Fejérpataki-Belopotoczky-Békési noble lineage.

▪ Stephen regularly participates in the US Air Force Marathon and History & Heritage series, specializing in 10k races. His best finish was 9th place in the 2024 Black Widow Run and 14th place in the 28th Air Force Marathon. Beyond these competitions, he has also completed the half-marathon twice, once while pushing a baby stroller with his infant son in it.

▪ Stephen has been training regularly in kickboxing and Muay Thai since 2016, primarily under the guidance of K1 Fighter/Instructor Ádám Kálmánchey. However, his journey in martial arts began much earlier in 1990, with Ju Jitsu training at the renowned Kelemen Dojo in Madách Street when he was nine years old, where he trained under the guidance of Shihan Attila Kovács.

▪ Stephen was trained in fencing by his father, who was the coach of the Hungarian National Cadet Team for several years, and by his half-sister, who has been a national champion.

▪ In elementary school, Stephen was part of the school basketball team and once won a silver medal in the district tournament shortly before a serious finger injury put an end to his time in the sport.

▪ Stephen has completed several prestigious courses, including David Freeman's Premiere Screenwriting and Script Development Master Class in London and Lt. Colonel (Ret) Peter Doszpot's Homicide Detective Master Class. During the COVID lockdowns, he further honed his craft with Master Classes from renowned experts like David Baldacci, James Patterson, David Lynch, Neil Gaiman, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Joyce Carol Oates, and FBI negotiator Chris Voss. Additionally, he sharpened his horror writing skills through a Master Class by María Fernanda Ampuero.