About me
Ben Slotover is from London. He is part of the Exploding Cinema collective and has written for TV, presented Radio, directed Films and now writes novels.
The product of English/Jewish/Irish/Polish/American/Lithuanian people, Ben was born in 1971 and worked a variety of jobs before turning to Novel writing in 2011. Since spending four years getting a philosophy degree at Trinity College Dublin he worked in the film industry, television, radio, underground film exhibition, drove for the Paralympics, built a house in a redwood forest, ran a Books For Free centre for the charity Healthy Planet, got married and had three kids.
He has repeatedly failed to learn how to play a musical instrument.
His website is http://www.bluntproductions.com
and facebook: www.facebook.com/slotover
Projects
- Zero Budget Filmmaking tipsA selection of informative films from Blunt Productions detailing ways we have found for making better films without exploding the budget. Some were made for TV shows and some we made between professional jobs just for our own amusement. The 'Zero Budget Tips'have garnered a worldwide following and launched many new Directors.
- Medium RareMedium Rare is a Variety show. A veritable melange of myriad oeuvre. Established by Mat Whitley and Milly von Westenholz way back in 2003, Medium Rare has been the pioneer of Modern Variety in Britain. Eschewing the faddish pull of Burlesque in favour of a broader approach to entertainment, namely, if it's good and funny enough, or crazy and death defying enough, or weird and wonderful enough, then it's in. Our Shows comprise as many genres of performance as you could shake a stick at. We travel the Globe in search of such exotica. It's tough, but someone's gotta do it. This is Variety. This is Medium Rare.
- Buster's CubeDespite his genius Buster Ames never made it as a Scientist and despite his ambition Philip Benson never made it as a fantastically wealthy entrepreneur. But when an afternoon fooling around with four dimensional cubes snares the duo a fully working spacecraft Philip sees the way to untold riches: an interplanetary passenger service. All they have to do is find passengers without alerting the authorities, fly into space without alerting the Air Force and find their way across the solar system with only a box of sandwiches and a hacked sat-nav. "Funny without being silly and sci-fi without being nerdy, and a really clever premise. It's set in present day London and there's not an alien in sight, just two guys, a businessman and a scientist, who suddenly find themselves the leaders in the space race, not by building a ship that can fly across the solar system but by stealing one from the Future. Then it really gets going but I won't spoil it. A fun read."
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Work history
Visual Content Producer & ExhibitorMedium Rare
As a freelance I have many employers and clients, but this is one of my regulars. I produce and display visual content for the Medium Rare variety show that tours London and other venues worldwide.
Director & Segment ProducerBBC
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Produced segments for shows and BBC website
Skills
- Events
- Film
- TV
- TV Film Commercial
- Exhibition
- Camera Operation
- Creative
- Logistics
- Photoshop
- Powerpoint
- Word
- Premiere Pro
- Writing Directing for Film
- Cycling
- Writing Fiction
Education
Philosophy
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Grade 2:1
Awards
Vauxhall Auteur award
Presented by the London Short Film Festival for 'Shhh'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNNBH99PwrQBest low budget film
Awarded by the London Short Film Festival for the film 'The Electric Bull Riding Contest'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47nySB-I3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47nySB-I3s