P/D Showreel BEN LOWE Documentary-Maker Shooting Producer/Director +447494 560654 [email protected]

• Specialise in authentic documentary filming with high-profile talent • Directed feature-length docs, series and singles, music videos and live performances, VTs and behind the scenes, short-form content for socials • Excellent self-shooter who owns new Sony FX6 camera, gimbal, audio kit • Filmed all over the world – Africa, Asia, Australia, Mexico, Russia, USA • Edinburgh TV Festival’s Ones To Watch and BFI Network x BAFTA Crew

2020 Director, Producer – Don’t Let The Devil Take Another Day (1 x 90 mins – Peachalabama / Trafalgar Releasing) Heartfelt feature-length documentary – released in UK/Ireland cinemas – about Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones and the untold story of his remarkable 2019. Premiered at London’s BFI Southbank as opening night selection for Doc’n Roll Film Festival. Development of project, filming on Kelly’s solo tour, interviews and edit produced from rough cuts to colour grade and DCP delivery for big screen. Executive Producer: Kelly Jones

2020 Producer/Director – Micky Flanagan: Peeping Behind The Curtain (1 x 90 mins – Double Busy / Sky One) Documented comedian Micky Flanagan’s record-breaking arena show, from his work-in-progress gigs to night 12 at The O2. Shooting all of the access footage around Micky on tour, conducting master interviews and editing what I captured into a feature-length cut that led to Sky commissioning the programme. Executive Producer: Micky Flanagan Commissioner: Zai Bennett

2019 Director, Editor – The Gaffer (1 x 90 mins – BT Sport Films / BT Sport) Feature-length documentary for BT Sport Films with brilliant access to football managers at five National League clubs. Commissioned by BT after I developed and pitched a returnable format. Edited this doc solo across Europe between stadium shows with Muse as the band’s stage camera. Broadcast article Executive Producer: Sally Brown Commissioner: Barry Andrews

2019 Series Director, Editor – It’s On The Line (5 x 10 mins – BBC Sport / BBC iPlayer) FA Cup travelogue series. Filming matchday experiences at different clubs in five rounds, from Newport County’s giant-killing to Arsenal pies. Edited episodes for

1 BBC iPlayer and VT of series I made for Match of the Day’s BBC One coverage of Chelsea versus Manchester United. Executive Producer: Mark Woodward

2018 Director, Editor – My World Cup Sticker Mission (1 x 60 mins – Banana Stand / BBC Radio 1 / BBC iPlayer) Developed and pitched to Radio 1, can Chris Stark find the missing legends to complete a 2006 World Cup sticker book? Travelogue single around Europe featuring footballers Alan Shearer, Frank Lampard, Simone Perrotta and Ricardo. Executive Producers: Rob Lewis, Emlyn Dodd Commissioner: Joe Harland

2017 Series Producer/Director – The World’s Most Extreme Festivals (5 x 30 mins – Somethin’ Else / BBC Radio 1 / BBC iPlayer) Hit travelogue series for BBC iPlayer presented by Radio 1’s Chris Stark, as he embraced the wildest festival experiences on the planet. Filming in the USA, Japan, Mexico, Lithuania and a Norwegian island on the edge of the Arctic Circle. Casting contributors, securing artist interviews and edit producing every episode. Executive Producer: Sam White

2017 Video Producer, Editor – Comic Relief Red Nose African Convoy (5 x 2 mins – Comic Relief / BBC One) Road trip across Kenya and Uganda filming celebrities Reggie Yates, Michaela Coel, Russell Kane, Katy Brand, David Baddiel and Hugh Dennis delivering aid.

2016 Director – On The Road with Wolf Alice (1 x 20 mins – Stripey Horse / BBC Radio 1 / BBC iPlayer) Radio 1 documentary on indie band and future Mercury Prize winners Wolf Alice on tour in Brighton. Sequel to On The Road with Slaves I also shot and directed. Executive Producer: Sam Bailey

Producer/Director Credits Red Bull Hardline (UMTV / Red Bull TV) Mountain biking race daily shows producer The Grinch Musical (Penny Lane / NBC) Behind the scenes with Matthew Morrison BAFTA Film Awards (Whizz Kid / BBC One) VTs for ceremony and Chabuddy G skit Later… with Jools Holland (BBC Studios / BBC Two) VT on new generation jazz Foals – Exits (Spotify) Live video filmed at underplay gigs in Edinburgh and London The Best FIFA Awards (BBC One) Big Shaq skit with Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold War Child BRITs Week (O2, Amazon Music) Biffy Clyro, Ed Sheeran, The 1975 gigs MTV EMA (MTV) Backstage Cribs skit with host Rita Ora and Muse’s World Stage show My Hero: UK Foo Fighters (Silver Bullet / BBC Music) Documentary on tribute band Royal Blood – Hook, Line & Sinker (Warner) Music video filmed at hometown gig Red Bull Season of Festivals (Red Bull TV) VTs at festivals Roskilde and Primavera Football’s Scariest Mascot (Soccer AM / Sky Sports) Documentary at Partick Thistle BAFTA Television Awards (Whizz Kid / BBC One) VTs including Jon Snow Fellowship Catfish: Unbottled (TBI Media / BBC Radio 1) iPlayer Catfish and the Bottlemen doc

Education MA Broadcast Journalism (Distinction) from Staffordshire University – 2011 Midlands Media Awards Student Journalist of the Year 2011 (nominee 2010)

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