Steven Bognar
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.
Steven Bognar
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- Name
- Steven Bognar
- Born
- 1963
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
- Occupation
- * Documentary filmmaker
- Awards
- * Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (2020)
- Honours
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film · Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program
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• Name — Steven Bognar • Born — 1963 • Birthplace — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. • Occupation — * Documentary filmmaker • director • producer • media arts instructor • Years Active — 1990–present • Notable Works — * American Factory (2019) • A Lion in the House (2006) • The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009) • Partner — Julia Reichert (until her death in 2022) • Awards — * Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (2020) • Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program (2020) • Directors Guild of America Award for Documentary (2020) • Sundance U.S. Documentary Directing Award (2019) Steven Bognar (born 1963) is an American film director.
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Steven Bognar, recorded as a film director, was born in 1963 in Milwaukee County. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Career
Career
In January 2020, Bognar and Reichert won the Directors Guild of America Award for Documentary for American Factory.
Style
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
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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Recorded period of activity: 1990.
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- 1."Oscar-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Julia Reichert Dead at 76", People.com, December 2, 2022. "Reichert's partner and frequent film collaborator Steven Bognar confirmed..."
- 2.PARK CITY ’06: Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert: “…You have to know WHY you want to make films", IndieWire, Jan 9, 2006
- 3.Kaszás, Fanni. Director with Hungarian Roots Snags Academy Award Nomination for 'American Factory'. Hungary Today. 2020-01-14.
- 4.Steven Bognar. IMDb.
- 5.Steven Bognar. Creative Capital.
- 6.Wilkinson, Alissa. Work is going global. American Factory's directors explain how they captured its challenges. Vox. 2019-08-21.
- 7.Independent Lens . A LION IN THE HOUSE . Filmmaker Bios. www.pbs.org.
- 8.Patch. '1917' Director Takes Home Top Prize At DGA Awards. www.patch.com. January 26, 2020.
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