Benjamin Wu

Benjamin Wu

Biography

Ben Wu is a two time Student Academy Award winner for his short films Unhitched (2006), about the struggling residents of a trailer park in Northern California, and Cross Your Eyes, Keep Them Wide (2007), an intimate look at a group of artists with developmental disabilities, which also won Best Short Documentary at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. His commercial and documentary work has appeared on PBS, MTV, Vice, and The New York Times, and includes clients such as Nike, Sony, and Pepsi. Ben is a graduate of UC San Diego and received his MA in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University.

Tribeca Film

Director

Documentaries
2015

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