During his film education at the Academy in Sint-Niklaas (SASK), Steven Janssens also finished his studies as industrial engineer at KAHO Ghent. In the years that followed he built a career as an independent filmmaker, freelance editor, trainer and director. In 2015 Steven set up Eight vzw along with Maarten Goethals. In 2016, Steven began filming the developments in the Eight project in Busibi, a village in Western Uganda where each inhabitant receives a basic income, money without conditions. The result: Crazy Money.
Steven is currently finishing his second feature documentary: Blind Spots.
He is also the director of Eight, operating at the moment UCT-projects in 4 villages in Uganda and 2 villages in DR Congo.

Filmography:
→ Feature Documentary "Blind Spots" (2023)
→ Documentary series "Regimes of Truth" (2022)
→ Feature Documentary "Crazy Money" (2020)
→ Documentary series "Village One Film" (2017)
→ Exhibition ‘Herinner De Toekomst’ (2013)
→ Short "Point Off U" (2007)
→ Documentary "Wardje" (2004)