{{Infobox person | name = Daniel Stedman | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = Maine, United States | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = Owner and Co-founder of The L Magazine and Brooklyn Magazine and Northside Festival| occupation = PublisherFilmmakerEntrepreneur | nationality = }} Daniel Stedman is an American entrepreneur and multi-award-winning film director, producer and writer and publisher. Stedman is the founder of Pressto. Stedman was the owner and president of Northside Media Group until its acquisition, as well as the founder and CEO of The L Magazine Brooklyn Magazine and BAMbill. Stedman is an organizer for Taste Talks, SummerScreen in McCarren Park, and the Northside Festival. Early life Stedman is the third child of Barbara and Michael Stedman. His father Michael Stedman was born in the Old Harbor Housing Project on O'Callaghan Way in South Boston and former U.S. Army Reserve soldier with the 94th Infantry. Background Stedman received a degree in physics from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. He lived at Shakespeare and Company in Paris and at the Chelsea Hotel following his divorce. He currently lives in New York City, and has had poems published in the Paris journal Kilometer Zero. Career Filmmaker His short film Celebration received recognition, and allowed him to be the youngest filmmaker ever invited to the Berlin International Film Festival. His work became recipient of multiple awards, most notably a Teddy Award by an independent jury at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival. His work has played at numerous international film festivals, including the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. More recently, both Stedman and his cousin Aron Epstein acted in and co-directed his film The Moth and the Firefly. Inspired by the New York City blackout of 2003, the animated short film had its world premiere at the San Joaquin International Film Festival in May 2009. It won 'Bronze Palm' at the Mexico International Film Festival. Publisher He is co-founder and former president of '''The L Magazine, and runs the web site Yourlocal.com. When first launched in 2003, The L Magazine had a heated rivalry with the New York Press. This was settled when Jeff Koyen, editor-in-chief of New York Press met with Scott Stedman, editor-in-chief of The L Magazine and brother of Daniel Stedman, for a one-on-one charity boxing match on October 29, 2003. He is the owner and president of