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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.
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FILM AND TELEVISION EXPERIENCE
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Field
Hands Productions, Inc. |
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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.
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34lukefilms
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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.
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Fox
Sports Net/Hock Films, Inc. |
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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.
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Hock
Films/iHoops.com |
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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.
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Columbia
Pictures/Dreamworks |
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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
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Wesleyan
University |
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Middletown,
Connecticut |
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of Arts, May 1997
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GPA:
3.7/4.0
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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.
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