Benjamin James
Affiliated Faculty, Film & Television Program
Brink 124
English Department
银河 澳门
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1102
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1102
Ben teaches a variety of courses across the Film and TV Studies program.
- M.A., Film and TV Production, University of Bristol
- B.A., Theatre and Performance, University of Warwick
Courses
- ENGL 447/547: Screenwriting
- JAMM 475: Digital Media Production
- ENGL 420: Literature and Film – Adaptation
Ben James joined the 银河 澳门 in 2012.
He studied theatre and performance at the University of Warwick, regularly participating in productions at the Edinburgh Fringe and The Warwick Arts Centre as an actor, writer and director. After graduating, he ran a theatre company and a regular performance event for performers to receive feedback from their audiences.
In 2004, James studied film and TV production at the University of Bristol, his graduation movie earned him an award for best post-graduate short film from The Royal Television Society. Since then he has worked for the BBC, former chairman of BAFTA Simon Relph, Warp Films and as an independent producer and director of music videos, short and feature-length films including a production of Shakespeare's “Hamlet” in original pronunciation.
Ben presented a TEDx talk in 2017 called “What Use is Horror?” He writes original screenplays and produces films.
- Screenwriting
- Film and TV production
- Cinema
- Popular culture