Ben Steinbauer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- July 28, 1977
- Place of birth
- Wichita, Kansas, USA
Biography
Ben Steinbauer is a documentary director, producer and showrunner known for finding humor and humanity in unexpected places. His feature documentary Winnebago Man was called “one of the funniest documentaries ever made” by Michael Moore and named one of Roger Ebert’s favorite films of 2010. His most recent feature, Chop & Steele, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was released theatrically by Drafthouse Films.
Steinbauer showran and directed the Hulu Original doc-comedy series High Hopes, executive produced by Jimmy Kimmel, and directed all eight episodes of the CBS documentary series Pink Collar Crimes. His other work includes the Emmy-winning PBS series Stories of the Mind, the New York Times Op-Doc Slow to Show, and Heroes From the Storm, produced for Texas Monthly and selected as a Vimeo Staff Pick.
Steinbauer is a recipient of the Princess Grace Award for Filmmaking and co-founder of the Austin-based, Emmy Award-winning production company The Bear. He also co-hosts Doc Walks, a podcast about documentary filmmaking, with filmmaker Keith Maitland.
Movies with Ben Steinbauer
- Winnebago Man 2010 · ★ 6.6
Movies directed by Ben Steinbauer
- Winnebago Man 2010 · ★ 6.6
- Chop & Steele 2022 · ★ 7.6
- Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs Story 2015 · ★ 5.0
- Brute Force 2012 · ★ 6.5
- The Superlative Light 2016
- Slow to Show 2016
- Heroes from the Storm 2017
- Slacker 2011 2011
- Documentary Subject Wanted with Rory Scovel 2013
- Siren Song 2019