Ben Steinbauer

When Ben Steinbauer was three years old he used a blanket as a cape and tried to fly off the garage. In the 4th grade he took break-dancing lessons and in the 10th grade he played center on the Edmond Memorial High School varsity football team. Now Ben makes movies. Ben’s short films have premiered at South-by-Southwest and the Austin Film Festival, played on PBS, won awards including top prize at the 2006 Cinematexas Film Festival and screened at the Directors Guild Theatre in Los Angeles.

He currently teaches at the University of Texas and just finished the hilarious new documentary Winnebago Man.

Milestones

September 7th, 1989 – Got to first and then second base, for the first time in his life, during the opening night of ‘The Hunt For Red October.’ Ben still hasn’t seen the movie.

October 4th 1990 - Played Saint Francis of Asisi, patron saint of the environment, at Catholic School Mass. Steinbauer’s Grammy, a devout Presbyterian, was horrified.

August 17th 1992- December 7th 1994 - Starting Varsity Center on the Edmond Memorial Bulldogs. Steinbauer weighed 265 lbs, ran the 40-yard dash in just over 6 seconds and could eat a Braums cheeseburger almost as quickly.

May 30th 1995-July 28th 1998 – Steinbauer moves to Monterrey California in the hopes of becoming the next John Steinbeck. He eventually trades his manual typewriter for a video camera.