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    Benjamin Ahr Harrison lives in Brooklyn. He directs music videos and comedies. He writes screenplays and prose, and occasionally blogs. He takes the occasional photograph and cooks the occasional meal. He never talks about himself in the third person. His production company is called Machine Man Inc.

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    My Resume

    Here’s a PDF version of my resume.

    Production Credits
    •Director, Producer, Editor» Feelin’ Like-Unconscious Logic, music video (May ‘08)
    •Director, Producer, Editor» Hit the Lights (I’m On)-A. Pinks, music video (April ‘08)
    •Director, Producer, Editor» Comfort Zone-Jake Lefco, music video (April ‘08)
    •Writer/Director» Fats Planet, pilot for channel 102 (October ‘07)
    •Director, Editor» CONMAN: NY, promotional spot for conman.tv (October ‘07)
    •Digital Assist» Banana Splits, 3 music videos (August ‘07)
    •Director, Editor» If My Hood Could Talk-A. Pinks, music video (March ‘07)
    •Office PA» The Visitor, independent feature (August ‘06)
    •Set PA» Ebeling Group/Hewlett Packard, commercial (June ‘06)
    •Camera Assistant» Cole Creative Group/McGraw-Hill, video textbook (June ‘06)
    •Set Photographer» Project T/Proctor and Gamble, ad campaign (June ‘06)

    Education
    NYU Tisch Undergraduate Film and TV 2003-2007 (Graduated May ’07 with honors)
    Focus of education: Writing and directing

    Awards and Acknowledgements
    •••Gimme Credit Screenplay Competition, Cycle Three Grand Prize: Confessions of Joel Bronfman’s Spotless Mind screenplay currently in production in Los Angeles
    •••First Cut Film Series, semi-finalist

    Professional Resources
    •••People» An extensive rolodex of actors and comedians as well as crew contacts available for freelance work, including DPs, producers, art directors, sound recordists, editors, animators, compositors and musicians
    •••Places» TriBeCa studio space at competitive day rates including green screen, in-house lighting package. Relationships with a few larger studios.
    •••Gear» A complete package of HD production gear including 35mm lens adapter, sound gear, and lights

    Technical Skills
    I am proficient with most Windows operating systems and highly skilled with Macintosh operating systems. I have been using Final Cut Pro professionally for more than 6 years. I also excel in Motion, Color, Soundtrack Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, Cleaner, QuickTime, Reason, QuarkXpress and Microsoft Office. I run a MacBook Pro with Final Cut Studio 2.

    Interests and Accomplishments
    I was President of The Plague, NYU’s comedy magazine. In my free time I enjoy cooking, hiking, reading, yoga, drinking espresso and drawing cartoons. My writing has been published in several publications in the UK and the US. I have written two unproduced feature film scripts and an unpublished novella. I blog, occasionally, at www.badcharacter.com.