Stephen Dixon(II)
- Producer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Stephen Dixon was born Oct 19, 1973 in Ocilla, GA. He grew up in
Fitzgerald, GA and graduated Fitzgerald High School in 1993. During and
after highschool, he played in local bands and traveled to Florida to
open concerts at small venues. In 1995, Stephen joined the United
States Marine Corps and trained at Parris Island then went to Camp
Lejeune, NC for further training at the School of Infantry. He then
went to Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, GA where he served for 7
years. While stationed here, he received multiple meritorious
promotions and medals and was selected as Marine of the Year. After
Sept 11th, Stephen (now a Sergeant was sent to Camp Lejeune and served
with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit and was deployed to Iraq. He
served in the Babil Province in the area known as the "Triangle of
Death". During this deployment he served in a special operations
platoon that conducted Counter Mortar patrols around the area of
Forward Operating Base Kalsu. For his superior performance, he was
awarded a Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal for Combat Operations.
After returning to the United States, Stephen was transferred to an
infantry unit, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines. He served in the capacity of
Infantry Platoon Sergeant and Infantry Platoon Commander while deployed
to Iraq again, this time in Ramadi. Stephen was an ECP Commander for
his unit and was awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal
with the Combat "V" for his heroic actions. During his two deployments
to Iraq, Stephen taught himself how to read, write and speak Arabic so
after his second deployment, he was sent to Monterey, CA to attend the
Arabic Linguist Course. Upon graduation, he was sent back to Camp
Lejeune, NC and deployed to Afghanistan. Prior to deploying to
Afghanistan, Stephen auditioned for the movie "Exit 101" by Joseph
Lavender and they quickly became good friends and have worked on
multiple movie projects there after. Stephen has been a Producer on 3
of Joseph's movies thus far and has had bit parts in each of those. On
the set of "the Legend of Seven Toe Maggie" by Joseph Lavender, Stephen
met Chris Maney and Samantha Katelyn and began a working relationship
with them as well while operating out of North Carolina. Through his
connections with some of his cast mates and casting agents, Stephen was
offered an opportunity to work on "Iron Man 3" and had the unique
privilege of working along side with Robert Downey, Jr during the
Afghan Border scenes. He has continued to act and produce an average of 30 films annually. His latest roles were in a series of five films with Bruce Willis, Timothy Murphy and Johnny Messner.