Producer | Director | Editor
BEN SCHWARTZ
26 year old filmmaker based in New York City
LATEST SHORT FILM PROJECTS
TITLE
ROLE
UPCOMING SHORT FILM
BY BEN SCHWARTZ
DARK COMEDY
PRODUCER
DIRECTOR
EDITOR
PRESENT AT HAND
BY SPENCER STRICKLAND
COMEDY DRAMA
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
CASTING DIRECTOR
EDITOR
MOTHER KNOWS BEST
BY BEN SCHWARTZ
DARK THRILLER DRAMA
PRODUCER
WRITER
DIRECTOR
EDITOR
MY CHILD
BY DENIZ AKYUREK
1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
HORROR DRAMA
ABDUCTED ANONYMOUS
BY BEN SCHWARTZ
THRILLER COMEDY
PRODUCER
WRITER
DIRECTOR
EDITOR
POLAROID
SELF-MADE
BY BEN SCHWARTZ
AWARDS
TBA
TBA
TBA
YEAR
2027
2026
2025
Streaming on Beyond The Short
FANTASIA
2024
NFFTY (Jury Nominee)
Streaming on Crypt TV & Film Shortage
BOSTON SCI-FI FILM FESTIVAL
2023
Streaming on Shortverse
NFFTY (Audience Award Winner)
2019
Streaming on ALTER
HORROR
THE HAMPTON FAMILY MASSACRE
SELF-MADE
SIFF
2017
BY BEN SCHWARTZ
HORROR
2022 | Abducted Anonymous
A seventeen-minute sci-fi comedic thriller that was created on a budget of just six thousand dollars with the help of a large crew of Emerson students green-lit through an independent student organization.
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Abducted Anonymous went on to screen at many 2023 festival's, including the 48th Boston Sci-Fi Film Fest. Later that year, the film was featured and remains on Beyond The Short.
2019 | Polaroid
During a winter break at home, a short five minute horror film was made with no money or equipment, entirely self created with exception of some stand-ins.
Polaroid went on to be selected at 2019's NFFTY coupled with an audience award for the category. In 2020, Polaroid was purchased by indie studio Gunpowder & Sky and streams on Alter.
2017 | The Hampton Family Massacre
With the help of a longtime friend to star as a subject, a seven minute horror short film was put together using no recorded sound which was entirely redone with foley and sample sound editing.
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At the end of my high school Senior year, The Hampton Family Massacre was selected to be shown at the 43rd Seattle International Film Festival.
