Steven Bognar

Steven Bognar (born 1963) 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.

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)