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.

CLIENTS
APPLE MUSIC, ADIDAS, BBC, CHANNEL 4, COCA-COLA, EE, ESPN, GILLETTE, GOOGLE, HEELYS, JACAMO, LUCOZADE, MOVEMBER, NERF, NETFLIX, NOTWOWAYS, OLAY, PARLOPHONE, POPCHIPS, REVOLUT, RODD’S, SAMSUNG, SIDEMEN, SKY, SONY MUSIC, SONY PICTURES & TOPPS.

John Hegarty pushes RVBBERDUCK on a mail trolley in an office.