ben donnellon

Director / Writer

Ben Donnellon hails from Morristown, NJ.  He lived and worked in New York City for 10 years before moving down to New Orleans in 2017. 

Ben Donnellon is an award winning filmmaker who specializes in social justice documentaries and satirical poltical/cultural narratives.  He served as cinematographer & editor on the feature length documentary,  “The Revival of Jewish Poland,” which won The Best Doc Feature for the “Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood” and was an honorable mention at the “International Film Awards Berlin” in 2014.

In 2016, Ben shot and edited the documentary, Una Vida, Dos Paises, which explores the lives of diverse transnational children and youth in Mexico to illustrate the realities, challenges and opportunities they face living, studying, and adapting in two nations.  The film was featured in the New York Times.

Ben is co-founder of the non-profit organization, The FilmShop, a group of independent filmmakers dedicated to developing new, groundbreaking work through collaboration and collective development.  Currently there are chapters in New York, New Orleans, and Los Angeles. 

In New York Ben directed The New York Film Critics Series, a national pre-release screening series hosted by Peter Travers, featuring live Q&As with stars, producers, and directors. Recent guests have included James Franco, David O. Russell, Rob Reiner, Bruce Dern, June Squibb, and Daniel Radcliffe. Along with serving as cinematographer on the documentary "The Revival of Jewish Poland," winner of Best Feature Documentary at The Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood, Ben has worked on documentaries in Israel, Cuba, Morocco, Poland, Czech Republic, and Ukraine.

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