Ventura, CA, USA
$500 - $1000 / Day
Ben Dolenc is a filmmaker, director, and producer based out of Ventura, CA. After a career as an outdoor athlete in front of the lens, Ben jumped at a chance to move to Los Angeles and learn the world of broadcast Television. Producing over 16 television shows from Amerian Idol to Ax Men for networks like NBC, Discovery Channel and National Geographic he found his nitch creating content documenting complex characters like bush pilots, loggers, and fishermen. Ben opened the Bowsprit Company a small production company in 2010 that he directs commercials, short films, and branded content through. Clients have included Toyota, Lululemon, Red Bull, and Suzuki. In 2017 Wilshire Studios (NBC) tapped him to develop a television show around the New York Times best-selling book What Doesn't Kill Us. He is currently in production on a festival short film about two DIY land sailors who broke the 100 mph wind speed record mark in a garage engineered hand built land yacht named the Iron Duck.
This one of a kind travel series follows Red Bull Athletes on an adventure from the top of Alaska to the bottom of Chile. The episodes where shot and edited in the field with as little as a two week turnaround.
Brushfire records asked us to document G. Love and Special Sauce recording their new album Love Saves the Day.
A feature documentary about two land sailors who hand-built in their garage a craft to break the world wind-powered speed record.
Alpinestars came to us asking for a piece that would break through the crowded noisy arena of the AMA Supercross event. Concepting a spot that used Red Epic Monochorme we gave them something that stood out in motocross stadium.
Linda Ulfhielm is afraid of death, life and what people will think of her. She goes to Los Angeles to meet people with different beliefs, who may be a little less lost than she is. Can they help her deal with her anxiety? A program series about U.S. religions for Swedish Broadcasting Network UR.
Red Bull South America hired us to come down a create a short film around a new event they where putting on. 4 years ago Puyehue erupted effecting all the people around it. The plume of ash rose so high that it went all the way around the world. We told the story of the local people who not only experienced it but also raced in the event.
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