
Stephen T. Maing
- Known for
- 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.
Filmography

Basic Emotions TBA
Editor

The Great Experiment 2026
Director

Emergent City 2026
Executive Producer

All the Empty Rooms 2025
Editor

Local One 2025
Director, Cinematography, Editor

Union 2024
Director, Editor

Look into My Eyes 2024
Director of Photography

The Strike 2024
Consulting Producer

After the Bite 2023
Director of Photography

Nothing Is Truer than Truth 2018
Co-Producer, Camera Operator

Crime + Punishment 2018
Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography

The Release 2016
Director

The Surrender 2015
Director
- Hers To Lose
Hers To Lose 2013
Director

ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage 2013
Co-Producer, Cinematography, Additional Editor

High Tech, Low Life 2012
Director

Tie a Yellow Ribbon 2007
Editor
Credits from TMDB.