Ben Ellmann

Assist departments on set, Go on runs, assist the production office, watch taping sessions with the script coordinator, run footage tapes to processing house

Worked on "Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" in Post Production. The film was largely improvised, so there were hours of footage from up to twelve simultaneous cameras. I watched it all, transcribed the scenes, and located anything the editors needed buried in the footage.

I was the second AD on a short film by Keith Jefferies, member of the Director’s Guild of Great Britain. The film, "Tommy Button," is being submitted to film festivals.

48 hour “go green” film contest - online submission I was a writer and co-editor on another 48 hour film, "The Orphaned Ocean." This 48 hour competition was centered around environmental awareness. Our assigned cause was “Save the Sea.” The online contest was judged by public voting. http://vimeo.com/21534884

48 hour film contest - Detroit - Winner I was a writer on "Rethinking the Rules" for the 2010 Detroit 48 Hour Film Festival. It won Best Writing, Best Actor, an Audience Choice Award, and Best of Fest. It went on to compete in the National 48 Hour Film Competition. http://vimeo.com/13934816