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Ben Pickering

Ben Pickering

Producer, Director, 2nd Unit / Asst Director

Born June 23, 1979 in Beckenham, London, England, United Kingdom

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Ben's first foray into movie-making came in 1995, when at just 16 he produced and starred in his very first feature, the coming-of-age drama 'Backstreet'.

Two years later he produced and starred in the low-budget gangster thriller 'Tragic Irony'. Made on 16mm for just £6,000 and a cross between 'Pulp Fiction' and 'Shallow Grave', it took a sideswipe at the seedier side of Nineties Britain.

After making his directorial debut with the pilot for docudrama series 'How To Get Away With Murder', Ben stepped back from the film industry to read Politics at Swansea University, getting to the final year of a PhD on the European Union and even running for the UK Parliament before returning to his first love, film.

In 2009 he produced the 35mm short 'Beached' in conjunction with The London Film School. The short screened at the Strasbourg International Film Festival as well as the Short Film Corner at Cannes.

After spending many a weekend at London's Raindance film training courses, he finally took the plunge and directed his first feature, crime thriller 'Two Days in the Smoke'. A re-imaging of his earlier film 'Tragic Irony', the reboot starred Matt di Angelo ('Borgia'), Lili Bordán ('Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome') and Alan Ford ('Snatch'). The London- and Paris-set feature was released in the UK in October 2014 as 'The Smoke' and internationally throughout 2015 as 'London Payback'.

After co-producing Isle of Man heist caper 'Ratted Out' and associate producing psychological thriller 'The Stranger', he returned to the director's chair for the Cornwall-set portmanteau 'Welcome to Curiosity' starring Amrita Acharia ('Game of Thrones'), Richard Blackwood ('Anuvahood') and Stephen Marcus ('Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'). The film is due for release in 2017.

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Filmography

Producer

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Year

Ratted Out Poster

Ratted Out Feature Film2023

Ratted Out Poster

Ratted Out Feature Film2023

Jolly Good Christmas Poster

Jolly Good Christmas TV Movie2022

Presence of Love Poster

Presence of Love TV Movie2022

Slot Short Film2022

Election Night Poster

Election Night Feature Film2021

Give Them Wings Poster

Give Them Wings Feature Film2021 $Infracktion Poster$ Infracktion Short Film2020

Safeguard Poster

Safeguard Feature Film2020

Fool's Errand Poster

Fool's Errand Short Film2019

Welcome to Curiosity Poster

Welcome to Curiosity Feature Film2018

The Smoke Poster

The Smoke Feature Film2014

The Stranger Poster

The Stranger Feature Film2014

Beached Short Film2009

Agatha Mistress of Swords TV Movie

In Absentia Poster

In Absentia Feature Film

RoadGirl Poster

RoadGirl Feature Film

The Cage Poster

The Cage Feature Film

The Experiment Feature Film

Director

3

Welcome to Curiosity Poster

Welcome to Curiosity Feature Film2018

The Smoke Poster

The Smoke Feature Film2014

The Cage Poster

The Cage Feature Film

2nd Unit / Asst Director

1

Election Night Poster

Election Night Feature Film2021

Thanks

1

Bad Boy in Love Poster

Bad Boy in Love Feature Film2024

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