A screen, stage, and stills creative, Todd Felderstin is the Artist-In-Residence at the west coast branch of the Actors Studio where he is a director-member and is a 2024-25 Next+ Directing Fellow at The Braid. His photography has been shown in group and solo shows around the world while productions range from on screen to on stage, narrative to nonfiction.
A Los Angeles resident by way of Baltimore, Maryland, Todd's professional photography found his niche in portrait and commercial photography early in his career. He created for many of L.A.'s top PR and commercial firms and is the photographer behind LA's award-winning "No Smoking" found in print and billboards. He expanded his career to include moving images creating environmental and musical nonfiction featuring Burt Bacharach, Barbra Streisand, Ray Parker, Jr., Sterling Radcliffe, Jerry Moss, Booker T, Rufus and many others. He has photographed Coretta Scott King, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Tom Hayden, Senator Brad Sherman just to name a few. He later directed and produced the documentary feature Magics which details the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians from a first person perspective.
Days after the pandemic shuttered live venues across the United States, Todd founded Smartphone Theatre which in its first two years mounted over 50 original online plays, poetry readings and conversations to a global audience in the thousands. Casts include Oscar and Tony winners from Broadway to Hollywood such as: Oscar winner Alan Arkin, Oscar nominated director Mark Rydell, Tony winner Poetri, Robert Hays, Susan Sullivan, Mitch Ryan, David Selby, Stan Davis and dozens of others.
Todd shares his photography with a variety of students both in person and online. He is an instructor with Samy's Photo School and the Los Angeles Center of Photography.