Stephen Maing is an Emmy-award winning director and cinematographer. His films are cinematic investigations of societal phenomena, complex power structures and the fascinating individuals who challenge them. His feature documentary Crime + Punishment, which he directed, filmed and edited, won a Special Jury Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, an Emmy for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary.

His most recent film Union, co-directed with Brett story, won a Special Jury Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival – and is an immersive cinéma vérité account of the historic efforts by workers to unionize the first Amazon fulfillment center. He is a frequent visiting artist, mentor, musician and educator based in Ridgewood, Queens.