[7] While attending college, Steinbauer began his filmmaking career by producing documentaries and music videos for Forty Minutes of Hell, Everest, and The Danny Pound Band.

[8] In 2002, he was a camera operator and editor on Bradley Beesley's documentary The Fearless Freaks, which focused on the band The Flaming Lips.

[27] Steinbauer produced and directed the short documentary The Superlative Light (2016),[28] which was shot in both traditional 2D as well as in virtual reality (VR),[29] and premiered at the SXSW in 2016.

[35] After Hurricane Harvey, Steinbauer worked with Texas Monthly to make Heroes From the Storm (2017),[36] which was a Vimeo Staff Pick[37] and selected for the U.S. State Department's American Film Program.

[38] In 2018, Steinbauer directed eight episodes of the CBS comedic docuseries Pink Collar Crimes,[39] hosted by Marcia Clark.

[41] Steinbauer's feature-length comedy documentary Chop & Steele, co-directed with Berndt Mader, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022.

[43] The company has made commercials for clients including Capital One, Whole Foods, Yeti, Indeed, Ram, Alfa Romeo, Southwest Airlines, Dell, U.S. Air Force, Tito's Vodka, Budweiser, Keystone Light, Crate & Barrel, among others.