Benjamin Crawford | Filmmaker

Benjamin works with organisations and people to produce sought-after, compelling videos. He has honed his craft across art school, media school, and a film & television department. In the 15 years or so since embarking on this journey, Benjamin has gone on to make films that challenge convention, tell evocative stories, and get selected for awards.

Benjamin has extensive experience making films for the not-for-profit sector. His academic training, professional experience and artistic insight gives him the unique ability to create sought-after content.

Working in-house at renowned international institutions (2020-2024 at New York Botanical Garden, Midlands Arts Centre and IKON Gallery) he has led on their media production, delivering videos from short social-media series’ to substantial subject portraits.

He reguarly works to brief on freelance commissions, and welcomes any conversations on future video work.

Working closely with institutions and collaborators, Benjamin’s intuitive and thoughtful films have been shown in festivals, exhibitions and online.

‘From the End of the Road’ – his graduation film from a part-time Master of Arts Degree, earnt him a high distinction and screened in film festivals and galleries.

As part of his undergraduate Fine Art degree, he was trained in Directing, Cinematography and Documentary Photography at Marmara University, Istanbul.

Benjamin also makes personal films at the intersection of moving-image, narrative and non-fiction cinema, exploring the boundaries of documentary to create work that delves into the murky nature of identity and place, attempting to understand why things came to be the way they are.

His films (in the portfolio) have been shown internationally in both gallery and cinema contexts, including: Maison de l’Art et de la Communication, France; Flatpack Festival, UK; New Art Gallery Walsall, UK; Midlands Arts Centre, UK, and Turner Contemporary, UK; where his films were displayed for the prestigious Platform Graduate Award.

MA Film and Television: Research and Production (part-time)
University of Birmingham, 2019-2021

BA (Hons) Fine Art with approved year abroad
University of Kent 2011-2015

Marmara University, Istanbul, 2013-2014

Advertising with Marketing Communications
Certificate in Higher Education
Bournemouth University, 2008-2011