Steven Bognar
 | This article is an autobiography or has been extensively edited by the subject or by someone connected to the subject. (December 2019) |
Steven Bognar | |
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 Bognar at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival | |
| Born | 1963 (age 62–63) |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
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| Partner | Julia Reichert (until her death in 2022)[1] |
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Steven Bognar (born 1963)[2] is an American film director.
An Oscar-winning and award-winning documentary filmmaker,[3] his films have been screened at SXSW, Sundance, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival.[4][5] Bognar has also worked as an instructor of media arts, teaching at public schools across his home state of Ohio, as well as at Antioch College.[6][5][7] He was a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Julia Reichert.[7]
Career
[edit]In January 2020, Bognar and Reichert won the Directors Guild of America Award for Documentary for American Factory.[8]
Style
[edit]Bognar has developed a documentary filmmaking style that centralizes the Midwestern region of the United States, with significance placed on incorporating photographic imagery.[5]
Filmography
[edit]- Welcome to Censornati (1990)
- Personal Belongings (1996)
- Waiting for Marty (1999)
- Picture Day (2000)
- Gravel (2006)
- A Lion in the House (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)[4]
- 9to5: The Story of a Movement (2020, with Reichert)
- 8:46 (2020, with Reichert)
- Dave Chappelle: Live in Real Life (2021, with Reichert)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Oscar-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Julia Reichert Dead at 76", People.com, December 2, 2022. "Reichert's partner and frequent film collaborator Steven Bognar confirmed..."
- ↑ PARK CITY ’06: Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert: “…You have to know WHY you want to make films", IndieWire, Jan 9, 2006
- ↑ Kaszás, Fanni (2020-01-14). "Director with Hungarian Roots Snags Academy Award Nomination for 'American Factory'". Hungary Today. Archived from the original on 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- 1 2 "Steven Bognar". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- 1 2 3 "Steven Bognar". Creative Capital. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ↑ Wilkinson, Alissa (2019-08-21). "Work is going global. American Factory's directors explain how they captured its challenges". Vox. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- 1 2 "Independent Lens . A LION IN THE HOUSE . Filmmaker Bios". www.pbs.org. Archived from the original on July 4, 2006. Retrieved 2019-12-17.
- ↑ "'1917' Director Takes Home Top Prize At DGA Awards". www.patch.com. Patch. January 26, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2020.