[1] He is best known for creating aerial performance routines for singer Pink and devising the circus choreography for the 2010 American romantic drama film Water for Elephants.

[2][3] In 2011, Stella was ranked number three out of 50 most prominent French people in the United States by America’s largest French-language magazine France-Amerique.

[7] Stella achieved his initial success in 1998 as an original cast member of the international hit musical Notre-Dame de Paris.

[8][9] and a house troupe performer from 2002 to 2004 in the Cirque du Soleil production of "O" at the Bellagio resort and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

[12] His inventions for Pink included a special cradle act she performed on the MTV Video Music Awards show in 2009.

[1][18] He has also worked in many TV commercials, devising stunts and physical effects for companies as TNT, Farmer's Insurance and Toyota.