Steven Bognar Explained
Steven Bognar |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Filmmaker, director |
Notable Works: | American Factory |
Steven Bognar (born 1963)[1] is an American film director.
An Oscar-winning and award-winning documentary filmmaker,[2] his films have been screened at SXSW, Sundance, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival.[3] [4] 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.[5] [6] 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.[7]
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)
- (2009, with Reichert)
- Sparkle (2012, with Reichert)
- Making Morning Star (2015, with Reichert)
- American Factory (2019, with Reichert)
- (2020, with Reichert)
- 8:46 (2020, with Reichert)
- (2021, with Reichert)
References
- https://www.indiewire.com/2006/01/park-city-06-steven-bognar-julia-reichert-you-have-to-know-why-you-want-to-make-films-the-77439/ PARK CITY ’06: Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert: “…You have to know WHY you want to make films"
- Web site: Kaszás . Fanni . Director with Hungarian Roots Snags Academy Award Nomination for 'American Factory' . Hungary Today . 2022-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210129191150/https://hungarytoday.hu/director-with-hungarian-roots-snags-academy-award-nomination-for-american-factory/ . 2021-01-29 . en . 2020-01-14 . live.
- Web site: Steven Bognar. IMDb. 2019-12-17.
- Web site: Steven Bognar. Creative Capital. en. 2019-12-17.
- Web site: Work is going global. American Factory's directors explain how they captured its challenges.. Wilkinson. Alissa. 2019-08-21. Vox. en. 2019-12-17.
- Web site: Independent Lens . A LION IN THE HOUSE . Filmmaker Bios PBS. www.pbs.org. 2019-12-17.
- Web site: '1917' Director Takes Home Top Prize At DGA Awards . January 26, 2020 . www.patch.com . . February 1, 2020 .