^ 'First-Time Champion: Austinite Berndt wins DIFF's Texas Filmmaker Award'.^ 'Backing 'Black' The Austin Film Critics Association announces 2010 awards'.^ 'Austin Critics Go For 'Black Swan' Oklahoma Like 'Network' '.The Best Films of 2010: Andrew McMeels Publishing. 'The Love Connection: Michael Moore hearts Austin and two of its funniest filmmakers, Bob Byington and Ben Steinbauer'. ^ 'Chelsea Pictures Adds Directing Collective The Bear, EP Michel Waxman'.Heartless Bastards РІР‚СљParted WaysРІР‚Сњ (2012).Spanish Gold РІР‚СљOut On the StreetРІР‚Сњ (2014).Up Around The Sun РІР‚СљUp Around the SunРІР‚Сњ (2018).Pay Dirt (2004) - directed by Berndt Mader.A Thousand Words (2004) - directed by Ben Steinbauer.

Smile and the World Smiles With You (2005) - directed by Ben Steinbauer.

Neutral Density (2005) - directed by Berndt Mader.

Recently Deceased (2006) - directed by Chris McInroy.

The Next Tim Day (2006) - directed by Ben Steinbauer.

Road to Tlacotepec (2006) - directed by Berndt Mader.

The Printer (2007) - directed by Berndt Mader.

Brute Force (2012) - directed by Ben Steinbauer.

Documentary Subjects Wanted with Rory Scovel - Funny or Die (2013) - directed by Ben Steinbauer.

Bad Guy #2 (2014) - directed by Chris McInroy.

Calls To Okies: The Park Grubbs Story (2015) - directed by Ben Steinbauer & Bradley Beesley.

Death Metal (2016) - directed by Chris McInroy.

The Superlative Light 360 VR (2016) - directed by Ben Steinbauer.

The Superlative Light (2016) - directed by Ben Steinbauer.

Slow To Show (2016) - directed by Ben Steinbauer.

Heroes From the Storm (2017) - directed by Ben Steinbauer & Berndt Mader.

Siren Song (2018) - directed by Ben Steinbauer & Berndt Mader.

In 2018, The Bear began working with AG Reps for representation in the Texas market. In 2017, The Bear joined the roster at Chelsea Pictures for commercial representation. The firm has produced short films including Brute Force (2012) Bad Guy #2 (2014) Calls To Okies: The Park Grubbs Story (2015) The Superlative Light (2016) Death Metal (2016) Slow To Show (2016), directed by Steinbauer, which was acquired by The New York Times Op-Docs and Heroes From the Storm (2017). The film won the Special Jury Prize at the 2016 Dallas International Film Festival. In 2015, the firm produced Booger Red (2015) directed by Mader, starring Ornur Turkel and Marija Karan. Also produced in 2013 was Double Play (2013) directed by Gabe Klinger, about the relationship between Richard Linklater and experimental filmmaker, James Benning. The firm co-produced the feature film Prince Avalanche (2013) directed by David Gordon Green, starring Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch. The film was written and directed by Mader and won the Target Filmmaker Award at the 2011 Dallas International Film Festival. The firm produced 5 Time Champion (2011), starring Betty Buckley, Jon Gries, and Dana Wheeler-Nicholson. In 2011, Steinbauer and Mader were selected to direct a segment of the feature film, Slacker 2011, a remake of Richard Linklater's Slacker (1990) by 24 Austin-based filmmakers. The film was directed by Steinbauer and was named by the Austin Film Critics Association the Best Austin Film for 2010.

Michael Moore called it РІР‚СљOne of the funniest documentaries ever madeРІР‚Сњ, and Roger Ebert named it one of his favorite films of 2010. The Bear's documentary Winnebago Man (2009) is about an RV salesman named Jack Rebney who became a viral video sensation. After meeting at the Radio, Television & Film at The University of Texas at Austin in 2004 and working on several projects together, Ben Steinbauer and Berndt Mader formed The Bear in 2007.

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