MY [REAL] NAME IS BEN, AND I’M AN AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR. I WORK ALONGSIDE SOME OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST BRANDS AND TALENT TO CREATE COMMERCIALS AND ORIGINAL CONTENT THAT BLURS PLATFORM AND GENRE.
I BEGAN MY CAREER IN THE POSTROOM OF BBH LONDON (NO, THE PICTURE OF SIR JOHN HEGARTY PUSHING ME ON A MAIL TROLLEY IS NOT AI).
IN 2016, I CO-FOUNDED AFTER PARTY STUDIOS WITH THE YOUTUBER CALLUX, RECENTLY ACQUIRED BY SISTER GROUP, AN ELEVEN-YEAR JOURNEY THAT HAS SEEN ME DEVELOP A SIXTH SENSE FOR WHAT YOUNG AUDIENCES WANT TO WATCH.
MY WORK TO DATE SPANS ONLINE, TVC AND BROADCAST. I LIKE ABSURD, I LIKE TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, I LIKE PRESENTING A DIFFERENT SIDE OF SOMEONE YOU THOUGHT YOU ALREADY KNEW INSIDE-OUT. LUKE LITTLER THROWING THREE BULLSEYES WITHOUT LOOKING? YES PLEASE. AMELIA DIMOLDENBERG SELLING TELLIES AS A SKY EMPLOYEE? GO ON THEN. GRIME LEGEND PERFORMING A TRACK ABOUT A PAIR OF TRAINERS IN A CAR WASH WITH A LIVE BRASS BAND? IF YOU INSIST.
IN 2018, I SHOT AND DIRECTED KSI: CAN'T LOSE, A FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY DISTRIBUTED BY SONY PICTURES THAT REACHED #1 ON ITUNES AROUND THE WORLD.
MY WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAINSTREAM-MEETS-ONLINE HAS SEEN ME DELIVER TALKS AND INTERVIEWS FOR THE LIKES OF THE BBC, BAFTA, NFTS, WEBSUMMIT, SXSW, MIPCOM, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF BRANDS AND BROADCASTERS.