
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
6.6Jack 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
7.6Follows 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
6.2When you're the #2 Bad Guy, your days are usually numbered.
Bad Guy #2
2015
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
A short documentary about the mermaid culture of San Marcos, Texas.
Siren Song
2019
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
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.6Jack 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
6.6Jack 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
6.6Jack 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
7.6Follows 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
7.6Follows 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
6.2When you're the #2 Bad Guy, your days are usually numbered.
Bad Guy #2
2015
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
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
A short documentary about the mermaid culture of San Marcos, Texas.
Siren Song
2019
A short documentary about the mermaid culture of San Marcos, Texas.
Siren Song
2019
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
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
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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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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NRRichard 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
NRRichard 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
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
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
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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The story of Apple Records' most controversial artist.
Brute Force
2012
The story of Apple Records' most controversial artist.
Brute Force
2012
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
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
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
A short documentary about lowrider culture in Odessa, Texas, where customized cars rise on hydraulics.
Slow to Show
2016
