Benjamin Dickinson

{{Short description|American film director}} {{Infobox person | name =Benjamin Dickinson | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name =Benjamin Gerrish Dickinson | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation =Film director, screenwriter | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works =''Creative Control'' }}

'''Benjamin Gerrish Dickinson''' is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor.

== Career == Dickinson started as a music video director, a member of Waverly Films collective. He was shooting for LCD Soundsystem, Q-Tip, Reggie Watts, Killer Mike, and Yoko Ono.<ref name=Bainbridge>{{cite web | url =https://www.liquor.com/articles/benjamin-dickinson/ | title =Film Director Benjamin Dickinson on Why Red Wine Makes People Chatty | last =Bainbridge | first =Julia | date =2016-03-05 | publisher = Liquor | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://finalboss.io/interview-with-benjamin-dickinson | title =An Exclusive Interview with Benjamin Dickinson, Director & Star of Creative Control | last =Holmes | first =John | date =2019-09-16 | publisher = Final Boss | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref> His debut feature, First Winter, was released in 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/style/mariama-diallo-benjamin-dickinson-wedding.html | title =Three Years Later, the Two Ran Off Together | last =Mallozzi | first =Vincent M. | date =2021-09-17 | publisher = The NY Times | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://slate.com/culture/2016/03/new-movie-creative-control-stars-director-benjamin-dickinson-as-a-near-future-adman.html | title =Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy | last =Ehrlich | first =David | date =2016-01-10 | publisher = Slate | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref>

In 2015 he directed a VR short ''Waves'', screened at Sundance to a positive response from audience.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.popsci.com/creative-control-director-on-our-augmented-life/ | title ='Creative Control' director on our augmented reality | last =Giles | first =Matt | date =2016-03-11 | publisher = Popular science | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wired.com/2015/12/virtual-reality-sundance-2016/ | title =Big Hollywood Is Getting Into the VR Game at Sundance | last =Watercutter | first =Angela | date =2015-12-03 | publisher =Wired | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://screenanarchy.com/2016/02/sundance-2016-new-frontier-vr-round-up.html | title =Sundance 2016: New Frontier VR Round-Up | last =Aldrich | first =Ryland | date =2016-02-01 | publisher = Screenanarchy | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref>

His second feature, brought him a Special Jury Prize at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival. The sci-fi movie shot in BW was praised by critics for strong visuals.<ref name=Bainbridge/><ref>{{cite web | url =https://nofilmschool.com/2016/05/inside-directorial-manifesto-creative-control-director-benjamin-dickinson | title =Inside the Directorial Manifesto of 'Creative Control' Director Benjamin Dickinson | last =Anderson-Moore | first =Oakley | date =2016-05-13 | publisher = No Filmschool | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.vogue.com/article/creative-control-benjamin-dickinson-interview | title =In Creative Control, Benjamin Dickinson Imagines the Very Near Future | last =Felsenthal | first =Julia | date =2016-03-07 | publisher = Vogue | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.moviemaker.com/benjamin-dickinson-creative-control/ | title =Augmented Needs: Director Benjamin Dickinson Makes Technology Visceral in Creative Control | last =Aguilar | first =Carlos | date =2023-01-31 | publisher = Moviemaker magazine | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref>

== Filmography == *2021 – ''White devil'' (short); *2015 – ''Creative Control'';<ref>{{cite web | url =https://deadline.com/2016/03/sally-field-hello-my-name-is-doris-christopher-plummer-remember-helen-mirren-eye-in-the-sky-1201718695/ | title =Oscar-Winning Veterans Lead 'Hello, My Name Is Doris', 'Remember' & 'Eye In The Sky': Specialty Preview | last =Brooks | first =Brian | date =2016-03-11 | publisher = Deadline | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref> *2014 – ''Super Sleuths'' (short);<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.slashfilm.com/527139/sxsw-midnights-lineup-includes-the-guest-bigfoot-film-exists-and-among-the-living/ | title =SXSW Midnights Lineup Includes 'The Guest,' Bigfoot Film 'Exists,' And 'Among The Living' | last =Fischer | first =Russ | date =2014-02-05 | publisher = Slash Film | access-date =2025-02-09}}</ref> *2012 – ''First winter''; *2008 – ''The Scariest Show on Television'' (TV movie).

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