Stern developed the concept of the impressionistic documentary with his BFI financed work San Francisco: Film, which was produced by Iris Sawyer, Jeremy Mitchell, Anthony and his friend Alan Callan.
The film was cut to one of the first recordings of "Interstellar Overdrive" performed by Pink Floyd, whose lead guitarist Syd Barrett was a friend of Stern's.
Later he began developing a non linear film concept with Syd Barrett called "Wheel", an impressionistic piece, which was designed to be seen many times, with each viewing the audience making new discoveries.
His work is included in the collections of Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Elton John, the Saudi Royal Family (Red Sea Palace), the Victoria & Albert Museum, Barclays Bank, Morgan Stanley, the Nomura Group, Sir Derek Jacobi, and the Broadfield House Glass Museum, to name but a few.
Since then it has been shown in the UK at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, as well as featuring in the 2005 'Films From The South' Festival in Oslo, Norway.