Joerg Steineck is a German filmmaker, producer, writer, cinematographer, editor, audiovisual artist, and painter.
His films have been well-received and awarded at international film festivals.
Isolated and marginalized groups and individuals are often subject of his work, as well as the importance of sociocultural underground commitment. His approach to storytelling often goes against mainstream trends like faster, sharper, and content-heavier and is marked by a distinctive, subtle, unpretentious, unconventional tone and style rooted in deceleration, reduction, and full immersion into the subject.
Steineck frequently contrasts naturalistic and stylized elements to highlight their significance to the subject‘s reality and genuine truth.
Filmography
Features // Truckfighters Fuzzomentary (documentary, 2011)
Lo Sound Desert (documentary, 2016)
MOAIS (animation, 2021)
Inside Scofield (documentary, 2022)
American Dirge (narrative, documentary, 2024)
OIL JACK (narrative, 2025)
Shorts // Wind (experimental, 2003), Reading A Book (experimental, 2003), Building A Ruin (experimental, 2003), Desert Drops (experimental, 2004), Ode To The Fade (experimental, 2004), On A Single Day In May (experimental, 2005), David (documentary, 2006), Beenie Boys Adventures (experimental, 2006), Last days of Dirty Shoes (experimental, 2007), Lo Sound Desert (documentary, 2007), Hackberry 66 (documentary, 2008), Rememo (drama, 2008), Welcome To Tijuana (documentary, 2009), The Last Man (drama/experimental, 2013), Double Chin (animation, 2016), Magnificent City (animation, 2023)
Music videos // House Of Broken Promises – Boundries (2005), Swandive – You Kind Of Remind Me (2005), The Gap Influence – Reincarnate Yourself (2006), Chris Maher – Lines Drawn Long (2006), Buddy – Say A Lot (2007), Paco Mendoza – Candela (2009), Miss Lava – Don’t tell a soul (2010), Miss Lava – Ride (2011), The New Assembly – Beyond The Sound (2011), Truckfighters – Prophet (2013), Blackmail – The Rush (2013), Harnessing The Universe – Spirit Guides (2015), Harnessing The Universe – Beyond The Bright (2015), Harnessing The Universe – Watch Your Mouth (2016), Mat Reetz – Hurricane Walls (2017)
Adverts / commercials // i.a. German Federal Environment Agency, Mercure Hotels, UMG, Oxfam, PAN, MTV China, WISE