As a director and writer, Santostefano most recently completed the feature film, Another Cinderella Story (2008), for Warner Brothers. His critically-acclaimed independent cult feature, Last Man Running (2003), won the Audience Award at the 2004 L.A. Film Festival. He also directed the Universal feature, Bring It on Again (2004) (grossing $79 million). Again, for Warner Brothers, he directed Three to Tango (1999), starring Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell and Dylan McDermott. Recent T.V. pilots and series include the comedy Revenge (2007) (Fox), which he wrote and directed. He received a CableACE Award for Best Series for his direction of Nickelodeon's The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1992). Other television credits include HBO's The High Life (1996), the pilot and series for The War Next Door (2000) (USA), "American Posse" (FX Network) and "Gearheads" (Comedy Central).In Manhattan, Santostefano has directed several off-Broadway stage productions including an award-winning play at The American Place Theater. For the BAM Festival (Brooklyn Academy of Music), he directed Stockhausen's contemporary opera, "Leben". Santostefano is a graduate of New York University Tisch School of the Arts film department.