Libby Stefanich

Biography

Libby Stefanich (b. 2004) is an independent filmmaker from Detroit, Michigan. Raised in the small Midwestern town of Armada, she often draws on its atmosphere and themes in her work. In 2022, she moved to Kalamazoo to study film and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Western Michigan University, later adding multimedia journalism and joining the university’s publication, the Western Herald. In 2023, she co-founded the film club Bronco Studios with Keanu Kono, and has since directed EAT (2023), Funny Things (2024), BYOB (2025), and Remote (2026). Stefanich works across genres—horror, drama, …