His film Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject.
[4] Stiefel's career in the television business began in the 1970s, when he was making commercials, among other things.
[5] In 1999 he was the executive producer of the documentary short film Two Weddings.
The documentary, which he dedicated to his mother, tells the story of how his mother has survived being raped by two Nazis and managed to flee to the United States.
Frank Stiefel is married to artist BJ Dockweiler and has two daughters.