Steve Gainer, ASC ASK (born October 25, 1962) is an American cinematographer, director, and producer.

From 1991 to 1994, he was the manager of the Paramount Pictures Corporation film lab, Where he met future director Dave Meyers, who later shot over thirty music videos with him, as well as the feature film Foolish.

Since 1994, he has been director of photography on dozens of films, commercials, and music videos.

In 2013 and 2015, Gainer directed episodes of the MTV comedy-drama series Awkward.

[1] In 2018 he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for the Amazon movie An American Girl Story – Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance Gainer and his wife, Karen, were married on January 22, 2000.