Ben is a writer and director of feature films and television drama and an executive producer on select projects. He started his career producing world famous DJ’S Pete Tong and Trevor Nelson for BBC RADIO 1, winning a MOBO for best music radio show, and working with artists such as Beyonce, Eminem and Dr. Dre. 
 
Following this he directed commercials, represented by Park Village in London and founded the award winning production company HOOT. As a commercials director for Hoot, Ben helmed spots for Virgin Atlantic, Secret Escapes, First Direct, Sony Playstation, Giff Gaff and Coke Zero.

His feature film directorial debut, THE DRIFTERS, which he also wrote, for the BFI and Creative England, Smuggler / Cove and Starcross Entertainment, premiered at the opening weekend of the Sao Paulo International Film Festival. Jonathan Ajayi was nominated for a British Independent film award for most promising newcomer and made a Screen Star of Tomorrow by Screen International. 
 
Ben has also written for BAFTA winning TV drama series SKINS; the BAFTA nominated comedy DELTA FOREVER starring Daniel Kaluuya (Skins, Get Out, Queen and Slim); and the movie KILLING BONO starring Ben Barnes and Kirsten Ritter for Paramount Pictures. He is currently the creator and lead writer of WHISKY WARS, an original TV drama series with director Marc Forster (WORLD WAR Z) and co-creator and co-writer of TV spy thriller BROOKLANDS with acclaimed US novelist and screenwriter Lea Carpenter; and sci-fi series THE STONE GAME with producer Denzil Monk for BOSENA; he is the screenwriter of upcoming feature films THE GIANT OF BALLYMAGHON, and writer/producer of RUBY THE HEART STEALER, and writer/director ORLANDO 'THE HUNGRY ONE' a contemporary reimagining of Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking novel .

Ben most recently produced ROSE OF NEVADA (dir Mark Jenkin Venice/Tiff 2025) with the support of the BFI and Film4, starring George Mackay and Callum Turner, premiering at the Venice Film Festival and TIFF. His work with Bosena also includes Oscar nominated Joshua James Richard's  (NOMADLAND, THE RIDER) directorial debut THE WITCH. Previously he served as executive producer on feature films THE HUNGRY starring Naseerudeen Shah and Tisca Chopra (TIFF 2017) and SAY YOUR PRAYERS (2020) starring Sir Derek Jacobi, Anna Maxwell-Martin and Harry Melling.
 
Ben's films have been screened at Cannes, Venice, Sundance, Toronto, London and Berlin and won numerous awards around the world including prizes at RHODE ISLAND, LA FILM FESTIVAL, AESTHETICA and THE FRIAR’S CLUB in New York. He is represented in the UK by Rowena Wallace and Charlie Gavshon at Common Ground Entertainment.

Ben was recently made a fellow of Bristol University in screen-writing for film and television and he is a passionate advocate for sustainable, circular economy film-making.