Steve Gainer

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Steve Gainer
Gainer in 1995
Born (1962-10-25) October 25, 1962
Alexandria, Louisiana, US
Years active1994–present

Steve Gainer, ASC ASK (born October 25, 1962) is an American cinematographer.

He is a member and museum curator of the American Society of Cinematographers, a member of the Directors Guild of America, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Notes
1994 Ceremony Joe Castro
1997 Expose Brian Rudnick
Macon County Jail Victoria Muspratt With Harry C. Box
Don't Sleep Alone Tim Andrew
Shadow Dancer Stanley Lee
Stanley Yung		 With Michael E.J. Miller
1999 Road Kill Matthew Leutwyler
Foolish Dave Meyers
Facade Carl Colpaert
2001 Bully Larry Clark
2004 Black Cloud Ricky Schroder
Mysterious Skin Gregg Araki
A Dirty Shame John Waters
2005 Wassup Rockers Larry Clark
2007 You Are Here Henry Pincus
Remember the Daze Jess Bond
2008 While She Was Out Susan Montford
Punisher: War Zone Lexi Alexander
2009 Taking Chances Kit Umbrage With Brian Sweeney
2010 Super James Gunn
Dirty Girl Abe Sylvia
2011 Setup Mike Gunther Direct-to-video
2012 Nature Calls Todd Rohal
2013 A Haunted House Michael Tiddes
2014 Everly Joe Lynch
Catch Hell Ryan Phillippe
2015 Big & Rich: Gravity Long Form Project Trey Fanjoy
2017 Mayhem Joe Lynch
2019 The Last Laugh Greg Pritikin
2027 Rise and Shine Laura Somers Also credited as co-producer

Short film

Year Title Director Notes
1996 Trust Games Adam Prince
1998 Luz de la mission Martin Flores With Peter Rieveschl and Mario Zavala
2001 Note come due Jordan Freid
2002 Heroes Johnathon Schaech
2004 Lonely Place Kevin Ackermann
2009 One Night Only Chadd Harbold
2013 The Thread Steven Brill Segments of Movie 43
Victory's Glory Rusty Cundieff
Beezel James Gunn
2018 Day of Reckoning Jeff Wolfe
2024 The Runt Christy Stratton
2026 Tough Enough Laura Somers

Documentary film

Year Title Director Note
1999 Three Days
  • Kevin Ford
  • C.B. Smith
 With Kevin Ford and Luke Geissbühler

Television

Year Title Director Notes
1997 Click
Episode "Secrets Revealed"
2008 Camp Rock Freestyle Jam Art Spigel TV short
2009 Sugarland: Live on the Inside Shaun Silva TV special
2011 Awkward 71 episodes;
Also directed episodes "Taking Sides" and "Digging Deep"[1]
2013 Starting Strong
2014 Happyland
7 episodes
2015 Just Add Magic
2016-2017 Sweet/Vicious All 10 episodes
2017 Will vs. The Future Joe Nussbaum
2019-2020 Schooled All 34 episodes
2021 On My Block
4 episodes
2021-2022 Puppy Place All 16 episodes
2022 Life by Ella
All 10 episodes
2023 With Love Season 2
2024 Blind Date With My Boss Daria Rountree Miniseries

TV movies

Year Title Director Notes
2002 Teenage Caveman Larry Clark
2013 Our Wild Hearts Ricky Schroder Also credited as producer
Ladies' Man: A Made Movie Ryan Shiraki
2016 An American Girl Story: Maryellen 1955 - Extraordinary Christmas Valerie Weiss
2017 An American Girl Story: Ivy & Julie 1976 - A Happy Balance Sasie Sealy
An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life Alison McDonald

Documentary film

Year Title Director Note
2010 Boys of Fall Shaun Silva With Blake McClure

Music video

Year Title Artist Director Ref.
1998 "Tell Me (Remix)" Beenie Man ft. Angie Martinez Mike Maloy [2]
1999 "Bawitdaba" Kid Rock Dave Meyers [3]
2001 "Elisabeth" Billy Gilman Shaun Silva [4]
2002 "Young" Kenny Chesney [3]
2003 "Big Star" [5]
"No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems" [3]
"Tennessee" Marcel [6]
"I Hate Everything About You" Three Days Grace Scott Winig [7]
2004 "Whiskey Lullaby" Brad Paisley ft. Alison Krauss Rick Schroder [8]
"First Straw" 311 Scott Winig [9]
"I Go Back" Kenny Chesney Shaun Silva [10]
"Anything but Mine" [11]
2006 "Friendly Fire" Sean Lennon Michele Civetta [12]
2008 "Golden Age" TV on the Radio Petro [13]
2009 "Here Comes Goodbye" Rascal Flatts Shaun Silva [14]
2011 "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" Panic! at the Disco Shane Drake [15]
2014 "We Are Done" The Madden Brothers David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith [16]
"Lonely Tonight" Blake Shelton Shaun Silva [17]
2018 "Happier" Marshmello and Bastille Mercedes Bryce Morgan [18]
2019 "Here with Me" Marshmello ft. Chvrches [19]

References

  1. "Steve Gainer". AOL Moviefone.
  2. ""Beanie Man" - Music Video". Steve Gainer. Archived from the original on October 11, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  3. "Steve Gainer : Resume". Steve Gainer. Archived from the original on October 11, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  4. ""Elisabeth" - Music Video". Steve Gainer. Archived from the original on October 18, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  5. ""Kenny Chesney - Big Star" - Music Video". Steve Gainer. Archived from the original on October 16, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  6. ""Marcel" - Music Video". Steve Gainer. Archived from the original on October 16, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  7. ""Three Days Grace" - Music Video". Steve Gainer. Archived from the original on October 16, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  8. Crawford, Mark (October 2005). "Rick Schroder Finds New Groove in Director's Chair" (PDF). CMA Close Up. Nashville, TN: CMA. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  9. ""First Straw" Music Video". Steve Gainer. Archived from the original on October 18, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  10. "Kenny Chesney "I Go Back" Music Video". Steve Gainer. Archived from the original on October 16, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  11. "Kenny Chesney gets authentic with 'Anything But Mine'". Mashable. December 16, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2025.
  12. "IN DEPTH: Sean Lennon "Friendly Fire"". VideoStatic. October 6, 2006. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  13. "WATCH IT: TV On The Radio "Golden Age"". VideoStatic. October 7, 2008. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  14. "Music Video : Jeremiah Shuff". MEC International. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  15. "WATCH IT: Panic At The Disco "...Mona Lisa" (Shane Drake, dir.)". VideoStatic. February 23, 2011. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  16. "The Madden Brothers "We Are Done" (David Katzenberg, Seth Grahme-Smith, dir.)". VideoStatic. July 3, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  17. "Blake Shelton "Lonely Tonight" (Shaun Silva, dir.)". VideoStatic. November 11, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  18. "Marshmello f/ Bastille "Happier" (Mercedes Bryce Morgan, dir.)". VideoStatic. September 25, 2018. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  19. "Marshmello f/ Chvrches "Here With Me" (Mercedes Bryce Morgan, dir.)". VideoStatic. April 8, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2014.