Ben Steinbauer Explained

Ben Steinbauer
Birth Name:Benjamin Jeffrey Steinbauer
Birth Date:1977 7, mf=yes
Birth Place:Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Education:Edmond Memorial High School
University of Kansas (B.A.)
Occupation:Film director
Years Active:2001–present

Benjamin Jeffrey Steinbauer (born July 28, 1977) is an American director, showrunner, writer, and producer who directed the feature documentary Winnebago Man (2009). Steinbauer also directed the documentary Chop & Steele (2022),[1] which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival,[2] and was the showrunner and director of the episodic television show High Hopes[3] for Jimmy Kimmel's Kimmelot. He directed the PBS show Stories of the Mind,[4] and the CBS docuseries, Pink Collar Crimes.[5]

Early life and education

Ben Steinbauer graduated from Edmond Memorial High School in Edmond, Oklahoma, in 1995 and earned a B.A. in Theatre and Film from The University of Kansas in 2001,[6] where he sits on the Professional Advisory Board of K.U. Film.[7]

While attending college, Steinbauer began his filmmaking career by producing documentaries and music videos for Forty Minutes of Hell; Everest; and The Danny Pound Band.[8] In 2002, he was a camera operator and editor on Bradley Beesley's documentary "The Fearless Freaks", which focuses on the band The Flaming Lips.[9] [10]

In 2004, Steinbauer attended the graduate film program at the University of Texas at Austin.[11] His pre-thesis film, "The Next Tim Day", received the best documentary award at Cinema Texas.[12] In 2006, he was awarded a Princess Grace Award for Filmmaking for his graduate thesis film,[13] which developed into the documentary "Winnebago Man."[14]

Career

After completing his studies, Steinbauer served as a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught Intro To Filmmaking[15] and was recognized as Teacher of the Year for the College of Communications.[16]

Steinbauer co-owns the production company The Bear, which was founded in 2007, with writer and director Berndt Mader.[17]

Steinbauer's documentary Winnebago Man premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2009[18] and was theatrically released in the U.S. and Canada in 2010.[19] [20] The documentary received praise from Michael Moore[21] and Roger Ebert.[22] Steinbauer appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2010 to promote the film.[23]

Steinbauer directed the short documentary Brute Force (2012)[24] which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2012.[25] In 2012, he co-directed Calls To Okies: The Park Grubbs Story (2015) with Bradley Beesley.[26] The short premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2015[27] and was awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick.[28] Steinbauer produced and directed the short documentary, The Superlative Light (2016),[29] which was shot in both traditional 2D as well as in virtual reality (VR),[30] His virtual reality film, The Superlative Light (2016),[31] also premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival in 2016.[32] [33] He discussed the production of The Superlative Light in a news magazine[34] and this short documentary was featured in Short of the Week.[35] Steinbauer directed episodes of the PBS series Stories of the Mind in 2016, which won multiple Emmys.[36] His 2016 documentary, Slow To Show, was acquired by The New York Times[37] and awarded a Vimeo Staff Pick.[38]

After Hurricane Harvey, Steinbauer worked with Texas Monthly to make Heroes From the Storm (2017),[39] which was recognized with a Vimeo Staff Pick[40] and selected for the U.S. State Department's American Film Showcase.[41] In 2018, Steinbauer directed eight episodes of the CBS comedic docuseries Pink Collar Crimes,[42] hosted by Marcia Clark.[43] Steinbauer's documentary Siren Song, which he co-directed with Berndt Mader, premiered at the 2019 Austin Film Festival.[44]

Steinbauer's feature-length comedy documentary Chop & Steele, co-directed with Berndt Mader, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022. The film features Howie Mandel, David Cross, Reggie Watts, and Bobcat Goldthwait and was released theatrically by Drafthouse Films in spring 2023.[45]

Steinbauer was the show-runner and director of the Hulu Original doc comedy series, High Hopes for Jimmy Kimmel's company Kimmelot. The series is about two brothers who were born in Belarus Slava and Mishka, and their stoned group going through a lot of trouble as they work on growing and expanding their cannabis business.[46]

Ben Steinbauer's production company The Bear makes commercials for clients including Capital One, Whole Foods, Yeti, Indeed, Ram, Alfa Romeo, Southwest Airlines, Dell, U.S. Air Force, Tito's Vodka, Budweiser, Keystone Light, Crate & Barrel, and more.[47]

Awards and nominations

In 2005, Steinbauer was awarded the Princess Grace Award for Filmmaking for his graduate thesis film,[48] which went on to become Winnebago Man.[49] Steinbauer was named "one of the best emerging Texas filmmakers of 2009" by Texas Monthly for Winnebago Man.[50] Winnebago Man won Best Documentary at the Sarasota Film Festival,[51] an Audience Award at CineVegas Film Festival,[52] Audience Top 10 at Hot Docs Film Festival, the Founders Prize at the Traverse City Film Festival,[53] and Best Documentary at the Edmonton International Film Festival.[54] Winnebago Man was also in the official selection for IDFA[55] and Sheffield Doc/Fest.[56] The Austin Film Critics Association named Winnebago Man the Best Austin Film for 2010.[57]

Steinbauer's 2012 film Brute Force won Best Documentary Short at Sidewalk Moving Pictures Festival[58] in Birmingham, Alabama, and screened at the New Media Film Festival[59] in Los Angeles, California.

Media appearances

Steinbauer appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2010.[60]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mack . Andrew . 2023-03-15 . CHOP & STEELE Exclusive: First Look at Trailer And Poster For 'Fantastic Fest Presents' Series Doc . 2024-06-17 . ScreenAnarchy.
  2. Web site: Chop & Steele 2022 Tribeca Festival . 2022-07-21 . Tribeca.
  3. Web site: Thompson . Jaden . 2024-04-02 . 'High Hopes' Trailer: Budtenders Smoke, Flirt and Try to Stay Sober on the Job in Jimmy Kimmel-Produced Reality Series (EXCLUSIVE) . 2024-06-17 . Variety . en-US.
  4. Interview: Director Ben Steinbauer and co-director Berndt Mader, 'Chop & Steele' . 2024-06-17 . Lights Camera Austin . Sims . Robert . . en.
  5. Web site: Shirley . Ellison . 2024-01-01 . 20 Must See CBS Documentaries to Watch outside USA on Paramount Plus . 2024-06-18 . ScreenBinge . en-US.
  6. November 2019 . Alumni News . KU Film & Media Studies . 10 . 3.
  7. Web site: Professional Advisory Board . 2024-06-20 . film.ku.edu . en.
  8. May 2012 . Free State Film Festival Featured Films by Alumni . Department of Film & Media Studies . 19 . 2 . 8 . 10 November 2019.
  9. Web site: Beaudoin . Jedd . 2019-05-10 . Laces Loose: Creative. Naïve. Inspired. . 2024-02-26 . . en.
  10. Web site: Gerhard . Susan . 2010-08-02 . 'Winnebago Man' Hits the Road . 2024-02-26 . SF360.
  11. Web site: 2016-02-02 . RTF at SXSW 2016 . 2024-06-20 . University of Texas . en . Radio, Television and Film.
  12. News: . 2009-03-12 . County Lines for March 12 2009 . 2024-02-26 . The Daily News . Galveston, TX . en.
  13. Web site: Award Winners . 10 November 2019 . Princess Grace Foundation-USA.
  14. Web site: Verini . Bob . 2014-04-30 . Variety's Mentor of the Year: Paul Stekler Champions Cinematic Risk-Taking . 10 November 2019 . Variety.
  15. News: Olsen . Mark . 2010-07-18 . Indie Focus: 'Winnebago Man' . 10 November 2019 . Los Angeles Times.
  16. Web site: Weisberg . Sam . 2013-04-29 . Ben Steinbauer and Jack Rebney . 10 November 2019 . Screen Comment.
  17. Web site: Team . 2024-02-26 . The Bear . en-US.
  18. Web site: 2009 SXSW Film Festival Announces Complete Line-Up . 10 November 2019 . /Film. February 2, 2009 .
  19. News: Honeycutt . Kirk . 2010-07-09 . 'Winnebago Man' a peculiar stalking documentary . 2024-02-25 . Reuters.
  20. Brody . Richard . 2020-08-28 . Winnebago Man . 2024-02-26 . The New Yorker . en.
  21. News: Jones . Kimberly . 2009-07-24 . The Love Connection: Michael Moore hearts Austin and two of its funniest filmmakers, Bob Byington and Ben Steinbauer . 10 November 2019 . The Austin Chronicle.
  22. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=myjAbXKovjMC&q=Teacher+of+the+Year,+ben+steinbauer&pg=PA677 . Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2012 . 2011-12-06 . Andrew McMeels Publishing . 9781449408138 . 677 . The Best Films of 2010 . 2019-11-10.
  23. Web site: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Episode #92 - Wanda Sykes, Ben Steinbauer, Jack Rebney, 3OH!3 . 10 November 2019 . AirDate.cc.
  24. Web site: Winnebago Man director Ben Steinbauer on his new music film . 10 November 2019 . MusicFilmWeb.
  25. Web site: BRUTE FORCE . 2024-06-20 . SXSW Schedule 2012 . en.
  26. August 27, 2014 . Call of doodie- new film reminisces about the lost art of prank calling. . Oklahoma Gazette . 35 . 59 . 10 November 2019.
  27. Web site: Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs Story SXSW 2015 Event Schedule . 2024-06-21 . SXSW Schedule 2015.
  28. CALLS TO OKIES: The Park Grubbs Story . 2015-02-27 . The Bear . 2024-06-22 . Vimeo.
  29. The Superlative Light - Trailer . 2016-03-05 . The Bear . 2024-06-22 . Vimeo.
  30. News: Renovitch . James . 2016-03-11 . Making VR Look Good . 2024-06-22 . . en-US.
  31. Web site: The Superlative Light - 2016 Online Film Festival . 10 November 2019 . PBS.
  32. Web site: The Superlative Light - SXSW 2016 Event Schedule . 10 November 2019 . SXSW.
  33. Web site: Interview: Ben Steinbauer, director, "The Superlative Light" . 10 November 2019 . Lights Camera Austin.
  34. Web site: Stouffer . Hannah . 2017-01-03 . The Man Who Photographed the Brightest Light in the Universe . 2024-06-22 . Vice . en.
  35. Web site: 2016-12-14 . The Superlative Light . 2024-06-22 . Short of the Week.
  36. Web site: Stories of the Mind Wins Emmy . 10 November 2019 . Two Shot West.
  37. News: Steinbauer . Ben . 2016-07-13 . Opinion Slow to Show . 2024-06-22 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  38. SLOW TO SHOW . 2016-04-04 . The Bear . 2024-06-22 . Vimeo.
  39. News: 2017-12-19 . Heroes from the Storm: Stories of the Texas Spirit After Hurricane Harvey . 2024-06-23 . . en.
  40. Web site: Vimeo Staff Picks on Vimeo . 10 November 2019 . Vimeo.
  41. Web site: Heroes From The Storm . 10 November 2019 . American Film Showcase.
  42. News: Ben Steinbauer Commits Some Pink Collar Crimes: Winnebago Man director on his new CBS true crime show . 10 November 2019 . The Austin Chronicle.
  43. Web site: Dehnart . Andy . 2018-07-27 . How Pink Collar Crimes is trying to reinvent the true crime series . 2024-06-23 . reality blurred . en-US.
  44. Web site: Texas Films at the 2019 Austin Film Festival . 2024-06-23 . gov.texas.gov . en.
  45. Web site: Carey . Matthew . 2023-03-11 . Drafthouse Films Acquires Documentary 'Chop & Steele' About "Legendary Showmen" Who Created The Found Footage Festival; Sets April Double Feature Release . 2024-02-26 . Deadline . en-US.
  46. Web site: Goldberg . Lesley . 2024-03-18 . Jimmy Kimmel Producing Cannabis Series for Hulu . 2024-06-23 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  47. Web site: Studio . 2024-06-24 . The Bear . en-US.
  48. Web site: Film News: And the rest ... . 10 November 2019 . The Austin Chronicle.
  49. Web site: The strange story of 'The World's Angriest RV Salesman' . 10 November 2019 . MPR News. September 24, 2010 .
  50. Web site: Action Heroes - The best emerging Texas filmmakers of 2009. . 10 November 2019 . Texas Monthly. April 2009 .
  51. Web site: Mitchell . Wendy . 2009-04-05 . Sarasota's top prizes go to The Maid, Winnebago Man . 2024-06-24 . ScreenDaily . en.
  52. Web site: Mitchell . Wendy . 2009-06-17 . Revenant takes CineVegas audience prize . 2024-06-24 . ScreenDaily . en.
  53. News: Jones . Kimberley . 2009-08-04 . Making Good in Michigan . 2024-06-24 . . en-US.
  54. Web site: Winnebago Man . 3 January 2020 . Kino Lorber.
  55. Web site: Winnebago Man (2009) . 2024-06-24 . IDFA . en . IDFA Archive.
  56. Web site: MBI . 2013-05-09 . Fav docs of Sheffield Doc/Fest's programmer . 2024-06-24 . The Knowledge Online . en-US.
  57. Web site: 2010 Awards . 10 November 2019 . Austin Film Critics Association . September 23, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180923201134/https://austinfilmcritics.org/2010-awards-108062097426 . dead .
  58. Web site: 2012 Awards . 10 November 2019 . Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema.
  59. Web site: 2012 . 10 November 2019 . New Media Film Festival.
  60. The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · S18 E97 · Jack Rebney & Ben Steinbauer . 2010-07-22 . en . 2024-06-24 . watch.plex.tv.

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