February 2024, Hanft directed and created the film clip for Darren Cross, "A Harebrained Adventure Of An Amateur Shaman".
[14] In 1998, Steve Hanft directed an experimental documentary featuring Academy Award nominated composer Elliott Smith promoting the album "XO" called "Strange Parallel" which debuted at the CMJ Film Fest.
[15] From 2004 to 2008 Steve Hanft documented the resurgence of Jamaican sound system music in Los Angeles, resulting in the 2008 documentary, "Return of the Rub-A-Dub Style".
In 2018, Steve Hanft wrote the action suspense screenplay "Crocodile Rock"[19] commissioned by Australian multimedia entrepreneur Chris Murphy.
In 2007,[20] Steve produced and co-starred[21] in a short film for Ray-Ban called "Sunglass Catch",[22] which won a Cannes Bronze Lion.