Directing

Steven Cantor

Known for

Directing

Credits

42 titles

Steven Cantor is an American film/television director and film/television producer. Notable works include the films “What Remains”(2006), “loudQUIETloud”(2006), "Devil's Playground (film)" and “Blood Ties”(1994). Cantor has also directed and executive produced the HBO series “Family Bonds”(2003), and has executive produced "Amish in the City" (2005 UPN), “#1 Single”(2006 E! Network), and “Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane”(2007 Style Channel). He is a founding partner in Stick Figure Productions. Description above from the Wikipedia article Steven Cantor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known for

Dancer poster
7.2

Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.

Dancer

2016

Hood River poster
5.0

In a small Oregon community, a high school soccer team struggles to overcome class and racial divide in a quest for both individual and team success. While Domingo deals with the deportation of his father to Mexico, and Eric painfully learns how to become a captain and command the respect of his Mexican-American teammates, Coach Riviera struggles to keep the team together amidst the pressure of academics and athletics. This coming-of-age feature documentary focuses on the friendship and maturation of three characters and is set against the backdrop of a segregated American town. Will Domingo graduate? Will Eric become a leader? Will the Eagles win a state championship?

Hood River

2021

Ballet Now poster
6.7

Three days leading up to Tiler Peck's direction and performance of a ballet exhibition in Los Angeles.

Ballet Now

2018

Four Down poster
NR

Chronicles Nick Schuyler's dramatic rescue by the US Coast Guard 43 hours after a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico that took the lives of NFL players Marquis Cooper, Corey Smith, and Schulyer's best friend, Will Bleakley.

Four Down

2025

Twyla Moves poster
NR

Interwoven with her storied career and prolific works, Twyla Moves sees legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp navigate her latest creative challenge: making a dance for a world plagued by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Twyla Moves

2021

Step poster
7.5

The senior year of a girls’ high school step team in inner-city Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to attend college. The girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in their troubled city.

Step

2017

Film credits

Behind the camera

Dancer poster
7.2

Sergei Polunin is a breathtaking ballet talent who questions his existence and his commitment to dance just as he is about to become a legend.

Dancer

2016

Hood River poster
5.0

In a small Oregon community, a high school soccer team struggles to overcome class and racial divide in a quest for both individual and team success. While Domingo deals with the deportation of his father to Mexico, and Eric painfully learns how to become a captain and command the respect of his Mexican-American teammates, Coach Riviera struggles to keep the team together amidst the pressure of academics and athletics. This coming-of-age feature documentary focuses on the friendship and maturation of three characters and is set against the backdrop of a segregated American town. Will Domingo graduate? Will Eric become a leader? Will the Eagles win a state championship?

Hood River

2021

Ballet Now poster
6.7

Three days leading up to Tiler Peck's direction and performance of a ballet exhibition in Los Angeles.

Ballet Now

2018

Ballet Now poster
6.7

Three days leading up to Tiler Peck's direction and performance of a ballet exhibition in Los Angeles.

Ballet Now

2018

Four Down poster
NR

Chronicles Nick Schuyler's dramatic rescue by the US Coast Guard 43 hours after a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico that took the lives of NFL players Marquis Cooper, Corey Smith, and Schulyer's best friend, Will Bleakley.

Four Down

2025

Four Down poster
NR

Chronicles Nick Schuyler's dramatic rescue by the US Coast Guard 43 hours after a boating accident in the Gulf of Mexico that took the lives of NFL players Marquis Cooper, Corey Smith, and Schulyer's best friend, Will Bleakley.

Four Down

2025

Twyla Moves poster
NR

Interwoven with her storied career and prolific works, Twyla Moves sees legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp navigate her latest creative challenge: making a dance for a world plagued by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Twyla Moves

2021

Twyla Moves poster
NR

Interwoven with her storied career and prolific works, Twyla Moves sees legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp navigate her latest creative challenge: making a dance for a world plagued by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Twyla Moves

2021

Step poster
7.5

The senior year of a girls’ high school step team in inner-city Baltimore is documented, as they try to become the first in their families to attend college. The girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in their troubled city.

Step

2017

No artwork available
10.0

A mock-documentary about a religious cult headed by Caleb Solar in Endsville, NY that believes the world is coming to an end in the form of a giant flood.

Endsville

2000

No artwork available
10.0

A mock-documentary about a religious cult headed by Caleb Solar in Endsville, NY that believes the world is coming to an end in the form of a giant flood.

Endsville

2000

Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann poster
5.0

An intimate portrait of the photographer and the complex, enigmatic pictures she takes of her children.

Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann

1994

Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann poster
5.0

An intimate portrait of the photographer and the complex, enigmatic pictures she takes of her children.

Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann

1994

Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann poster
5.0

An intimate portrait of the photographer and the complex, enigmatic pictures she takes of her children.

Blood Ties: The Life and Work of Sally Mann

1994

I'm Your Venus poster
6.5

A documentary following the unsolved murder of Venus Xtravaganza, star of the legendary film "Paris Is Burning," as Venus' two families — biological and ballroom — come together to seek answers and celebrate her legacy.

I'm Your Venus

2024

I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA poster
6.3

A candid and introspective look at the extreme beliefs and motives of Ingrid Newkirk, the British-born co-founder and driving force behind People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the world's largest animal-rights organization.

I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA

2007

Citizen Ashe poster
4.2

Follows the life and career of Arthur Ashe.

Citizen Ashe

2021

Chasing Tyson poster
6.9

Evander Holyfield knew he could never earn the respect he craved until he defeated Mike Tyson. When the two finally fought, the world witnessed not one, but two of the boxing's most memorable fights.

Chasing Tyson

2015

Bounce: Behind The Velvet Rope poster
5.6

Steven Cantor's award-winning documentary chronicles of the lives of bouncers - the burly boys who guard both sides of the door in nightclubs across America. The film takes an inside look at the mindset of these frequently ridiculed, but always feared enforcers of the night and examines whether they are skilled experts in security, hired to anticipate trouble, or just hired thugs meant to intimidate. Revealed within is a world of notorious nightclub bouncers, including New York's Terence "The Black Prince" Buckley and British legend Lenny "The Guv'nor" McLean who appeared in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" Written by Sujit R. Varma

Bounce: Behind The Velvet Rope

2001

Bounce: Behind The Velvet Rope poster
5.6

Steven Cantor's award-winning documentary chronicles of the lives of bouncers - the burly boys who guard both sides of the door in nightclubs across America. The film takes an inside look at the mindset of these frequently ridiculed, but always feared enforcers of the night and examines whether they are skilled experts in security, hired to anticipate trouble, or just hired thugs meant to intimidate. Revealed within is a world of notorious nightclub bouncers, including New York's Terence "The Black Prince" Buckley and British legend Lenny "The Guv'nor" McLean who appeared in "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" Written by Sujit R. Varma

Bounce: Behind The Velvet Rope

2001

When Claude Got Shot poster
8.5

While visiting his hometown of Milwaukee, father of three and aspiring attorney, Claude Motley, is shot in the face by 15-year-old Nathan, during a carjacking gone wrong. Two nights later, Nathan attempts to rob Victoria, who fires her gun in self-defense, partially paralyzing Nathan from the waist down. Three strangers tragically bound together by a weekend of gun violence on a five-year journey toward recovery and forgiveness.

When Claude Got Shot

2021

No One Dies in Lily Dale poster
2.8

A candid portrayal of Lily Dale, a spiritualist community in upstate New York, where most of the town's residents are registered Mediums who regularly give spiritual readings to visitors through alleged communication with the deceased.

No One Dies in Lily Dale

2011

Between Me and My Mind poster
8.0

Driven by a constant need to create, Phish frontman Trey Anastasio takes on new projects, including some of his most personal music to date as well as Phish's ambitious New Year's Eve show at Madison Square Garden.

Between Me and My Mind

2019

Reporter poster
4.0

Reporter is the documentary film about Nicholas Kristof. The film tracks him on a harrowing reporting trip through the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Reporter

2009

Tent City, U.S.A poster
7.3

A documentary view of an encampment of homeless people on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee in the Southern United States.

Tent City, U.S.A

2012

Tent City, U.S.A poster
7.3

A documentary view of an encampment of homeless people on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee in the Southern United States.

Tent City, U.S.A

2012

Rosie's Theater Kids poster
NR

Ten years ago, inspired by the teacher who inspired her, actor-comedian Rosie O’Donnell established a school, giving public school kids access to dance, music, and drama. This film follows five kids, as they pursue their stage and screen goals, learning to believe in themselves.

Rosie's Theater Kids

2023

Cutthroat poster
7.0

Clint Malarchuk was the "Cowboy Goalie." He grew up riding horses with a severe childhood OCD problem. He would ultimately go down in hockey history for suffering one of the most gruesome injuries in sports when he severed his carotid artery by an opposing player's skate blade. "Cutthroat," will cover the injury, his remarkable physical recovery in under two weeks and his grueling emotional and mental one.

Cutthroat

2013

loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies poster
6.8

When college rock darlings the Pixies broke up in 1992, their fans were shocked and dismayed. When they reunited in 2004, those same fans and legions of new listeners were ecstatic and filled with high hopes. loudQUIETloud follows the rehearsals and live shows of the band as they struggle through the reunion tour "Sell Out"

loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies

2006

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas poster
NR

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas is an award-winning series of 30 three-minute stories about innovators—people who are reshaping the world through act or invention—directed by the world's most celebrated documentary filmmakers.

Focus Forward: Short Films, Big Ideas

2012

What Remains poster
5.2

At home at her Virginia farm, photographer Sally Mann reflects on the controversy surrounding her earlier collections while forging ahead with new work in this intimate portrait of an artist. Also offering insights into the photographer's career are Mann's husband and her now-grown offspring.

What Remains

2005

What Remains poster
5.2

At home at her Virginia farm, photographer Sally Mann reflects on the controversy surrounding her earlier collections while forging ahead with new work in this intimate portrait of an artist. Also offering insights into the photographer's career are Mann's husband and her now-grown offspring.

What Remains

2005

Satisfied poster
NR

An intimate look at the actress Renée Elise Goldsberry; a woman’s struggle to have a family and balance a career, against the backdrop of the hit musical Hamilton.

Satisfied

2025

No artwork available
9.0

A troubled detective enters a simulation of the last few minutes of a woman's life in order to catch a spree-killer.

Recon

1996

No artwork available
9.0

A troubled detective enters a simulation of the last few minutes of a woman's life in order to catch a spree-killer.

Recon

1996

Doosra poster
NR

The 2002 NatWest Final was more than a cricketing victory for India. It was a moment when a nation found its voice, and a young girl found the courage to speak her truth.

Doosra

2026

What Will Become of Us poster
8.0

Sir Frank Lowy, the self-made billionaire and founder of Westfield Corporation, faces a dilemma - - whether or not to sell the company he has spent his life building. Standing at a crossroads, Frank reflects for the first time on his war-torn childhood as a way to shape his perspective on this monumental decision.

What Will Become of Us

2019

No artwork available
NR

Dennis van Engelsdorp, former state apiarist for Pennsylvania and current entomology professor at the University of Maryland, is worried that bees-a crucial part of humanity's ecosystem-are dying.

Beekeeper

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The Bionic Eye poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Bionic Eye

2012

No artwork available
6.4

Just days before Bernard Madoff captured headlines as the largest Ponzi schemer in U.S. history, Marc Dreier, a prominent Manhattan attorney, was arrested for orchestrating a massive fraud scheme that netted hundreds of millions of dollars from hedge funds. Brazen forgeries and impersonations branded the white collar crime spree remarkable. "Unraveled" is set in the purgatory of house arrest -- an Upper East Side penthouse -- where the Court has ordered Dreier confined until his sentencing day. The film weaves Dreier's struggle to prepare for the possibility of life imprisonment with first-person flashbacks, which reveal his audacious path of destruction. Destroyed by his own hubris, Dreier attempts to grasp his tragic unraveling. With unprecedented access, "Unraveled" exposes a mastermind of criminal deception.

Unraveled

2012