Steven Bognar (born 1963)PARK CITY ’06: Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert: “…You have to know WHY you want to make films", IndieWire, Jan 9, 2006 is an American film director.
An Oscar-winning and award-winning documentary filmmaker, his films have been screened at SXSW, Sundance, 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, as well as at Antioch College. 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.
In 2026, Bognar served as an executive producer on Who Moves America directed by Yael Bridge, which focuses on United Parcel Service workers.
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 (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)
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