Ben Rider

Ben Rider

Ben Rider in 'Forever Tomorrow'
Occupation writer, director, producer
Years active 2013–present
Website benriderdirector.com

Ben Rider (born Benjamin A Rider,[1] February 1992 [2]) is an independent filmmaker working in the United Kingdom.

He spent most of his childhood travelling around, living in South Africa and Israel.[3] In 2013, whilst studying in Queen Mary University of London,[4] he completed his first short film Aquarius' Mule, starring Julia Papp.[5]

Following that he focused on his first feature film, To Love Somebody,[6] which completed post production during his final year in university. The film would later on enter into a legal dispute following a copyright infringement complication with one of the film's performers who leaked some scenes from the film; resulting in its delayed release in 2014.[7] Once To Love Somebody was finally released, it received two nominations from Maverick Movie Awards for Best Cinematography and Best Supporting Actress [8] and won an Award of Merit for the feature film and film direction categories at Indie Fest.[9]

After completing his studies in 2013, he went on to shoot his second feature, Seven Devils,[10] which has recently won the Silver Screen award at Nevada International Film Festival,[11] and five awards at the Accolade Competition Film Awards including Best Supporting Actor for Cornelius Geaney Jr and Best Supporting Actress of Julia Papp;[12]

He has recently completed post production on the yet to be released drama Forever Tomorrow,[1] and is currently editing More Strange Than True, a surrealist comedy adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.[13]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 Rider, Benjamin. "IMDb Listing". IMDb. IMDb Pro. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "About". BenRiderDirector. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. ↑ MidlandsMovies. "Filmmaker Spotlight". Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Rider, Benjamin. "IMDB bio". IMDb bio details. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Judges - TMFF". The Monthly Film Festival. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "British Film Council - To Love Somebody". 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Britflix. "Ben Rider: The Sink Or Swim Moments Of Making Your Debut Feature". Britflix.com. Britflix. Retrieved 19 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Maverick Movie Awards Official Website: List of 2015 winners and nominees". Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "Award of Merit July 2015". Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "British Film Council - Seven Devils". 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  11. ↑ 2015 - Award winners. "Nevada International Film Festival". Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "Accolade Film Competiton". Accolade Competition 2015. Accolade Film Competition.
  13. ↑ IMDb http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5338852/. Retrieved 13 April 2016. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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