Steven Bognar (born 1963) is an American film director.
An
Oscar-winning and award-winning
documentary filmmaker, his films have been screened at
SXSW
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,
Sundance
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Sun dance or Sundance may also refer to:
Places
;Canada
*Sundance, Calgary, Alberta, a neighbourhood
*Sundance, Manitoba, a ghost town
;United States
* Sundance, New Mexico, a census-designated place ...
, and the
Ann Arbor Film Festival.
Bognar has also worked as an instructor of
media arts, teaching at public schools across his home state of
Ohio
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, as well as at
Antioch College
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.
He was a frequent collaborator of filmmaker
Julia Reichert.
Career
In January 2020, Bognar and Reichert won the
Directors Guild of America Award for Documentary for ''
American Factory''.
Style
Bognar has developed a documentary filmmaking style that centralizes the
Midwestern region of the United States, with significance placed on incorporating photographic imagery.
Filmography
* ''Welcome to Censornati'' (1990)
* ''Personal Belongings'' (1996)
* ''Waiting for Marty'' (1999)
* ''Picture Day'' (2000)
* ''Gravel'' (2006)
* ''
A Lion in the House
''A Lion in the Hous''e is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert that explores the impact of childhood cancer on five different families throughout the span of six years in Ohio. The 225-minute long docum ...
'' (2006, with Julia Reichert)
* ''
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant'' (2009, with Reichert)
* ''Sparkle'' (2012, with Reichert)
* ''Making Morning Star'' (2015, with Reichert)
* ''
American Factory'' (2019, with Reichert)
* ''
9to5: The Story of a Movement'' (2020, with Reichert)
* ''
8:46'' (2020, with Reichert)
* ''
Dave Chappelle: Live in Real Life'' (2021, with Reichert)
References
External links
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American documentary film directors
Living people
1963 births
Directors Guild of America Award winners
Directors of Best Documentary Feature Academy Award winners
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Sundance Film Festival award winners