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Ben Steinbauer
Born July 28, 1977 in Wichita, Kansas, USA12 films
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.
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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.
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First watchWinnebago Man20106.7Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and…View filmFilmography
12 films as director- TBAThe Next Tim DayDirector
- TBASmile and the World Smiles with YouDirector
- 2022Chop & SteeleDirector
- 2019Siren SongDirector
- 2017Heroes from the StormDirector
- 2016The Superlative LightDirector
- 2016Slow to ShowDirector
- 2015Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs StoryDirector
- 2013Documentary Subject Wanted with Rory ScovelDirector
- 2012Brute ForceDirector
- 2011Slacker 2011Director
- 2010Winnebago ManDirector