Ben
Huff is a filmmaker of many talents based in the Los Angeles area. A
recent graduate of the film/video Master's program at California Institute
of the Arts, Ben is currently promoting his thesis film Never Mind the Fences
while working as a freelance sound recordist, designer, editor and
mixer.
As a lifelong artist and musician, he spent the better part of the
past
decade making experimental video shorts and sound pieces, earning his
BFA at
Alfred University
in New York state before moving to California. Being
a musician, Ben was naturally attracted to the role that
sound plays in film and video. While studying at CalArts, he
put himself on a personalized academic track of film sound in the film
school, while also branching
into areas of sonic study in the art and music schools. After also
working as
a sound transfer technician and recording engineer for the school, Ben
left CalArts as a semi-professional sound editor/designer and recording
engineer. Since graduating he has been a production sound
mixer/boom operator & sound editor/designer/mixer on over a
dozen student and independent films, while simultaneously working in
various professional sound studios.
Ben's most recent personal project
was his thesis and first feature film,
Never
Mind the Fences,
a documentary about the DIY, all-ages, underground music scene in
Wichita, Kansas. He plans to continue to make more documentary
films,
though
is currently preoccupied with his sound work on other filmmakers'
films, striving to make a name for himself in the industry.
Aside from filmmaking, music also continues to be a big part of Ben's
life. He currently is involved with a few collaborative projects, most
notably a hip-hop group called Decibel which is due to release its
first CD by the end of summer 2008.
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