Stephen T. Maing
Directing
Stephen Maing is an Emmy-winning New York-based filmmaker, cinematographer, and editor known for observational, longitudinal documentaries about power and resistance. He co-directed UNION (2024), which won a Special Jury Award at Sundance, and directed, filmed, and edited Crime + Punishment (2018), which won a Sundance Special Jury Award, an Emmy for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary, and was Oscar-shortlisted. Other credits include High Tech, Low Life, The Surrender, Dirty Gold, and The Great Experiment. He is a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow, a United States Artists Fellow, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Known for
All the Empty Rooms
August 31, 2025
Look into My Eyes
September 6, 2024
After the Bite
June 21, 2023
Crime + Punishment
January 19, 2018
Union
October 18, 2024
High Tech, Low Life
April 19, 2012
Nothing Is Truer than Truth
April 29, 2018
Tie a Yellow Ribbon
March 18, 2007
The Surrender
April 24, 2015
Emergent City
June 11, 2024
Basic Emotions
The Strike
April 28, 2024
Behind the camera17
- 2026The Great Experiment Director
- 2025All the Empty Rooms Editor
- 2025Local One Director, Cinematography, Editor
- 2024Union Director, Editor
- 2024Look into My Eyes Director of Photography
- 2024Emergent City Executive Producer
- 2024The Strike Consulting Producer
- 2023After the Bite Director of Photography
- 2018Nothing Is Truer than Truth Camera Operator, Co-Producer
- 2018