Jörg Steineck is a German filmmaker and artist working across documentary, narrative and experimental film, as well as visual art and music. His films frequently explore the interplay between memory and consciousness, socialization and isolation, creativity and stagnation. His work is characterized by deceleration, reduction and deep immersion in the subject in which he often juxtaposes naturalistic and stylized elements to reveal different layers of reality and subjective truths.
Filmography (features)
2027 – OIL JACK (narrative, in development) – writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor
2026 – Escape to Borkum (hybrid documentary) – writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor
2025 – American Dirge (hybrid documentary) – writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor
2022 – Inside Scofield (documentary) – writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor
2021 – MOAIS (narrative, animation) – writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor
2016 – Lo Sound Desert (documentary) – writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor
2011 – Truckfighters Fuzzomentary (documentary) – writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor
2008 – Welcome to Tijuana (documentary) – writer, director, co-producer, cinematographer, editor
(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 – selection)
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 – selection)
German Federal Environment Agency, Mercure Hotels, UMG, Oxfam, PAN, MTV China, WISE