Ben Selkow bselkow@gmail.com Mobile: (917) 513-8473 BIOGRAPHY Ben has worked on everything from long-form documentaries to feature film studio productions to commercials to music videos to television episodics. Working in all phases from development to delivery, from shoe-string to multi-million dollar budgets, has given Ben a vast technical and creative production experience. Working independently or collaborating, and drawing on a wealth of professional relationships and contacts, Ben is positioned to take any project from paper to screen and every platform in between. Ben Selkow recently was honored as one of 50 Non-Fiction Filmmakers at the Current TV/Fader Films Symposium "A Day of Dialogue and the Future of Non-Fiction Film" on November 6, 2007 featuring keynote speaker former Vice President Nobel Prize honoree, Academy Award winner and Current TV founder Al Gore, as well as luminary filmmakers Barbara Kopple, Al Maysles, Alex Gibney, and Marc Levin. Selkow is the director/producer/director of photography/writer of A Summer in the Cage. A feature-length documentary about bipolar disorder, for cable release on Sundance Channel in October 2007, an educational/institutional outreach campaign and ancillary home video distribution. He also is the Producer of Onward Christian Soldier, a feature-length documentary film about fugitive bomber and domestic terrorist Eric Robert Rudolph for director Jim Chambers' Field Hands Productions based in New York City. The film is intended for theatrical, cable and DVD release in 2008. Along with running Field Hands Productions, Ben oversees all phases of pre-production, production (shooting with cinematographer Maryse Alberti) and post-production with editor Susanne Rostock for Onward Christian Soldier. In 2003, Ben was a participant in the annual Sundance Producer's Conference at the Sundance Institute in Utah. Before producing at Field Hands, he associate produced for Fox Sports Net's Beyond the Glory (2000-2001). Ben also was a field producer/camera operator for a series of street basketball DVD's entitled Straight from the Streets (2000). He began his film experience as a production assistant and assistant director on feature films such as Meet the Parents (2000), What Lies Beneath (2000), Center Stage (2000) and Random Hearts (1999), television shows such as Sex in the City and The Sopranos. Ben began his film career interning at Tribeca Productions and Warner Brothers story departments. Ben first became interested in film after seeing his mother, a psychologist, being featured in the National Film Board of Canada documentary L'Interdit (1976), about an alternative commune for treating schizophrenics in Canada. He is a screenwriter, an avid photographer, traveler, and basketball player. Ben is a member of the Independent Film Project (IFP) the International Documentary Association (IDA), as well as being fiscally sponsored by the IDA. Ben was born in Montréal, Canada and is a dual-citizen. He holds Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Film Studies and African-American Studies from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where he received the W.E.B. DuBois Academic Award for Overall Excellence. He received a certificate from the School for International Training in Tanzania, East Africa. He resides in New York City. Currently, Selkow is developing another feature-length documentary on post-traumatic stress disorder, a socially conscious reality-television series, and two feature-length narrative scripts. Résumé in pdf format FILM AND TELEVISION EXPERIENCE Field Hands Productions, Inc.   New York, New York (4/01 - Present) Producer Oversee all pre-production and post-production phases of a digital and Super 16mm-to-35mm/HDCAM independent documentary feature-film entitled Onward Christian Soldier for theatrical distribution, cable television broadcast and ancillary video for director Jim Chambers, edited by Susanne Rostock and photographed by Maryse Alberti. Established and manage production office from commencement of lease through utilization as full-time production company. Coordinate all local and distant location shoots, subjects, crew, schedules, payroll, travel, legal clearances and permitting. Function as primary liaison between subjects, attorneys, production accountants, agents, vendors, and property managers to President of the production company. Supervise all phases of post-production process with laboratory and editorial department. Negotiate all licenses, clearances and legal paperwork from network, still photographs, stock footage houses and private third parties. Will oversee film festival submissions, publicity, legal, distribution and outreach phases. 34lukefilms   New York, New York (5/00 - Present) Director/Producer/Director of Photography/Writer Directing, producing, and photographing a $150,000-dollar feature-length digital video documentary entitled A Summer in the Cage, completed in June 2007 for exhibition in national and international film festivals, home video and educational sales and grassroots outreach. Acquired by the Sundance Channel for USA cable television broadcast in October 2007. Fox Sports Net/Hock Films, Inc.   New York, New York (9/00 - 4/01) Associate Producer Coordinated all phases of production for three one-hour shows for 2001 Emmy-nominated sports documentary series entitled Beyond the Glory, including such athletes as LAWRENCE TAYLOR, CHRIS WEBBER, and WARREN MOON. Managed $315,000 budget on a twelve-week production schedule. Researched, developed and wrote story, interview questions, script, and narration track. Facilitated all music, film/video, stills and personal clearances and licensing. Hock Films/iHoops.com   New York, New York (6/00 - 11/00) Field Producer/Camera Operator Produced, wrote, and photographed documentary-style street basketball highlight and interview DVD's Slam from the Street and Superstars of the Street on digital video with $60,000 and $40,000 budgets respectively. Columbia Pictures/Dreamworks   New York/Los Angeles/Miami (9/98 - 6/00) Assistant Director /Set Production Assistant Developed and executed shooting schedules, budgets, talent and location availability for multi-million dollar films, television pilots and episodics, commercials, corporate industrials and films such as Meet the Parents, Center Stage and The Caveman's Valentine. Hired by Harrison Ford as set assistant for Random Hearts and What Lies Beneath. Worked with directors Robert Zemeckis, Sydney Pollack, Jay Roach, Betty Thomas, Andy Tennant, Peter Berg, Nicholas Hytner, Kasi Lemmons, and Glen Caron. EDUCATION Wesleyan University   Middletown, Connecticut Bachelor of Arts, May 1997 GPA: 3.7/4.0 Double Major: Film Studies with Honors and African-American Studies with Honors Awards: W.E.B. Du Bois Prize for overall academic excellence Senior Honors Thesis: No Crystal Stair, a feature-length original screenplay SKILLS Proficient in a variety of Digital Video and Still camera and sound packages. Computer skills include Microsoft Office for Macintosh and PC, Movie Magic Budgeting, Adobe PhotoShop, Lexis-Nexis and CourtLinks, Pacer Services, FileMaker Pro. Working knowledge of Final Cut Pro.