Ben Steinbauer

Directing

Ben Steinbauer

Born

1977-07-28 (49)

Place of birth

Wichita, Kansas, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

27 titles

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 Ne…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Winnebago Man poster
6.6

Jack 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 made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer journeys to the top of a mountain to find the recluse who unwittingly became the "Winnebago Man".

Winnebago Man

2010

Winnebago Man poster
6.6

Jack 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 made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer journeys to the top of a mountain to find the recluse who unwittingly became the "Winnebago Man".

Winnebago Man

2010

Winnebago Man poster
6.6

Jack 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 made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer journeys to the top of a mountain to find the recluse who unwittingly became the "Winnebago Man".

Winnebago Man

2010

Chop & Steele poster
7.6

Follows childhood friends turned professional comedians, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, the founders of the Found Footage Festival. When Nick and Joe book their gag strongman routine on unsuspecting morning news shows, their pranks go viral and land them in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate. The stress of the lawsuit and pressure to continue their pranks threatens their livelihood and tests their lifelong friendship.

Chop & Steele

2022

Chop & Steele poster
7.6

Follows childhood friends turned professional comedians, Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, the founders of the Found Footage Festival. When Nick and Joe book their gag strongman routine on unsuspecting morning news shows, their pranks go viral and land them in federal court with a vengeful media conglomerate. The stress of the lawsuit and pressure to continue their pranks threatens their livelihood and tests their lifelong friendship.

Chop & Steele

2022

Bad Guy #2 poster
6.2

When you're the #2 Bad Guy, your days are usually numbered.

Bad Guy #2

2015

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5.0

In the early 1980's, a group of disenfranchised Oklahoma teenagers mastered the art of prank phone calls and became known as Park Grubbs.

Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs Story

2015

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5.0

In the early 1980's, a group of disenfranchised Oklahoma teenagers mastered the art of prank phone calls and became known as Park Grubbs.

Calls to Okies: The Park Grubbs Story

2015

No artwork available
NR

A short documentary about the mermaid culture of San Marcos, Texas.

Siren Song

2019

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NR

A short documentary about the mermaid culture of San Marcos, Texas.

Siren Song

2019

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NR

A documentary short about five ordinary people who rose to the challenge and emerged as heroes in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Heroes from the Storm

2017

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NR

A documentary short about five ordinary people who rose to the challenge and emerged as heroes in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Heroes from the Storm

2017

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NR

A short documentary profiling three people who try to make strangers smile: a local clown, Austin's best-dressed man, and a roaming photographer.

Smile and the World Smiles with You

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NR

A short documentary profiling three people who try to make strangers smile: a local clown, Austin's best-dressed man, and a roaming photographer.

Smile and the World Smiles with You

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Slacker 2011 poster
NR

Richard Linklater's SLACKER inspired a generation of American filmmakers by exploring the subculture of Austin, Texas in a loose narrative with a tapestry of quirky characters. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of that iconic movie, 24 of Austin's top filmmakers banded together to update SLACKER with their own perspectives on the city.

Slacker 2011

2011

Slacker 2011 poster
NR

Richard Linklater's SLACKER inspired a generation of American filmmakers by exploring the subculture of Austin, Texas in a loose narrative with a tapestry of quirky characters. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of that iconic movie, 24 of Austin's top filmmakers banded together to update SLACKER with their own perspectives on the city.

Slacker 2011

2011

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NR

High school AV teacher Gary Ashpole searches for an inspiring subject for his next documentary, with comedian Rory Scovel.

Documentary Subject Wanted with Rory Scovel

2013

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High school AV teacher Gary Ashpole searches for an inspiring subject for his next documentary, with comedian Rory Scovel.

Documentary Subject Wanted with Rory Scovel

2013

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NR

A documentary about Tim Day, an entrepreneur from Galveston, Texas, whose path leads from public housing and prison to the Sundance Film Festival through his one-man television network, Hood News.

The Next Tim Day

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A documentary about Tim Day, an entrepreneur from Galveston, Texas, whose path leads from public housing and prison to the Sundance Film Festival through his one-man television network, Hood News.

The Next Tim Day

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6.5

The story of Apple Records' most controversial artist.

Brute Force

2012

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6.5

The story of Apple Records' most controversial artist.

Brute Force

2012

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NR

Austin, Texas - based documentary photographer, Robert Shults, went from being a homeless dreamer to a home-owning artist after taking photos of the brightest light source in the known universe, a laser in basement of the physics department at The University of Texas.

The Superlative Light

2016

No artwork available
NR

Austin, Texas - based documentary photographer, Robert Shults, went from being a homeless dreamer to a home-owning artist after taking photos of the brightest light source in the known universe, a laser in basement of the physics department at The University of Texas.

The Superlative Light

2016

No artwork available
NR

Austin, Texas - based documentary photographer, Robert Shults, went from being a homeless dreamer to a home-owning artist after taking photos of the brightest light source in the known universe, a laser in basement of the physics department at The University of Texas.

The Superlative Light

2016

No artwork available
NR

A short documentary about lowrider culture in Odessa, Texas, where customized cars rise on hydraulics.

Slow to Show

2016