Steven Bognar (born 1963)[1] is an American film director.

[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][4][6] He was a frequent collaborator of filmmaker Julia Reichert.

[6] In January 2020, Bognar and Reichert won the Directors Guild of America Award for Documentary for American Factory.

[7] Bognar has developed a documentary filmmaking style that centralizes the Midwestern region of the United States, with significance placed on incorporating photographic imagery.