Ben Cole          
             Digital
     Cinematographer
 
 
 
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Music Video Show reel: 
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                                                                PERSONAL DETAILS

Ben Cole
 88 Dewe Rd 
 Brighton BN24BD UK 
 E Mail: bencole@mac.com
Mob: 07956317902
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                                                  Represented By Kate Kotcheff at WIZZO & CO.
                                                                             email: kate@wizzoandco.co.uk


                                                            Digital Cinematography C.V.

Title				        Director	               		            Production Co
Wild Oats                            Max day                                        Book of Max Productions
DoP/Producer
A feature Drama set in Brighton about a group of friends gap year antics during the 90’s
This is in production in 2008/9.

‘The Future Is Unwritten’  Julien Temple	                              Nitrate Films
Cinematographer
A Feature Documentary about Joe Strummer and his band ‘The Clash’ selected for 2007 Sundance Film festival, nominated for Best British Documentary at 2007 British Independent film awards.
British Independent Film Awards -  29/11/2007
 Joe Stummer: The Future is Unwritten wins BEST BRITISH DOCUMENTARY

1 Giant Leap / What About Me      Jamie Catto 	  	          Palm Pictures/    
                                         Duncan Bridgeman                 19 Entertainment
DoP
Two cinema feature films and a 13 part TV series for Channel 4.
A cutting edge feature length film, mixing music, image and documentary investigating the unity and diversity of what it is to be human around the globe over the millennium
Nominated for an Grammy award; Best long form music film 2004 
WWW-distributed by Simon Fuller/19 Entertainment ‘What about Me’  a 7 part 
TV series on Channel 4 very Wed through June and July (see trailer: http://www.whataboutme.tv/)

‘So…Help Me God’	         Simon Cole			   Three Brothers Films 
Cinematographer and Producer
A feature documentary about an English man crossing America trying to find the meaning of God in the 21st Century
This TV feature has been sold to 6 countries in 2008

Black Gold		                 Mark & Nick Francis 	            Speak it Films
2nd unit Dop
A feature documenting the plight of Ethiopian coffee growers trying to get enough to live on by selling their coffee for a fair Trade price. Selected for Sundance 2005 and in film festivals in 2007, Nominated for 2 awards at this years British Independent Film awards. 
Black Gold’s producers won Best Achievement in Production. 
British Independent Film Awards - Winners Announced -   29/11/2007

Wayfairing Stranger            Dir Rick West  Written by Billy macinnon         Film Council
DoP
A 20 min Drama shot on my Red Camera about a young man leaving borstal 
and stealing his fathers van.
At film festivals in 2008

Calendar Girls                    Dir:Nigel Cole	                 Disney Entertainment
Video 2nd Unit DoP
Released Sept ‘03 world wide. About a group of WI ladies, who strip off for a naked calendar

The Road To Guantanamo   Michael Winterbottom        Revolution Films
2nd unit DoP 
Ben worked with Michael filming many of the interviews with the main characters.
The film won best director (Silver Bear) at last year’s Berlin Film Festival

A Woman Scorned              Trevor Etienne                     Channel 4
DoP
An award winning short at Film Festivals during 2000, 
Won awards at both Scarefest film festival in LA 2003 and Acapulco Black Film Festival 2001. 
A super 16mm horror short about the hell in a woman’s scorned mind, when she discovers her best friend has slept with her guy.

The Scissor Sisters 	       Julien Temple                    	DVD Sales
DoP
 A DVD with a 90 min multi camera live concert, documentary and music video (2004)
Won best live music DVD at the London DVD awards 2006.

Garbage Warrior                Oliver Hodge                        Future release
2nd Unit DoP
This documentary recently won a standing ovation at Sundance and the Toronto film festival. 
Ben mentored Oliver through this his first feature documentary 
winning much attention at festivals in 2007 
Nominated for 2 British Independent Film Awards 2007.

Prodigy ‘Omen’                                                              MTV  
DOP 
This their latest music promo.


























Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
Country of Origin
Great Britain
BIFA awards won by Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
BEST BRITISH DOCUMENTARY
Black Gold
Country of Origin
Great Britain
BIFA awards won by Black Gold
2007 	Best Achievement In Production

Garbage Warrior
Country of Origin
Great Britain
BIFA nominations received by Garbage Warrior
2007
	•	The Douglas Hickox Award (Oliver Hodge)
	•	Best Achievement In Production
	•	Best British Documentary

Previous awards at BIFA:

The Road To Guantanamo
Country of Origin
Great Britain
BIFA awards won by The Road To Guantanamo
2006
	•	Best British Documentary
BIFA nominations received by The Road To Guantanamo
2006
	•	Best Achievement In Production
	•	Best British Documentary

 

The Red Camera

I WILL BE SHOOTING MAINLY ON THE NEW RED CAMERA
12 million pixels super 35mm sensor, RAW FILES 
24 FRAMES PER SECOND TO 120 FPS
PRIMES LENSES ONTO A 35MM CHIP, 
GIVING A 35MM NARROW DEPTH OF FIELD
MY ASSISTANT DON JONES AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE TO
ACCOMPANY THE RED CAMERA KIT ON HIRE AGREEMENTS 
                                                                                                                                                   RED RATE
WE OWN AN EXTENSIVE SET OF NIKKOR PRIME LENSES

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