Short Doc Shop Talk with Filmmaker Ben Proudfoot

Ben Proudfoot—award-winning filmmaker and founder and CEO of Breakwater Studios—takes you on a deep dive into the craft and step-by-step process of short documentary filmmaking, from idea to distribution. His short documentary work has won seven Vimeo Staff Picks, an Emmy, a Webby, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and has been published by The New York Times.

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Ben Proudfoot

Ben Proudfoot is an award-winning filmmaker and founder and CEO of Breakwater Studios, a film production company that specializes in short documentaries. In telling humanist stories across documentary, narrative, and branded mediums, Proudfoot leads a diverse team of artists, technologists, and businesspeople across a variety of pre-, post-, and physical production spectrums, modeled on the original studio system. Proudfoot’s short documentary work has won seven Vimeo Staff Picks, an Emmy, a Webby, has premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and has been published by The New York Times.