Benjamin Duffield

'Benjamin Duffield' (qv) is a Montreal-based filmmaker who works on both sides of the street, directing and editing fiction and documentary films. Since graduating from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. in Film and Theatre in 1993, he has created award-winning movies and television for the Canadian and American markets.In 1996 he joined five filmmakers to make "Yukonna," an expedition documentary on the Yukon River that retraced the prospectors' journey a century ago. The film was sold to National Geographic, won several awards, and played on the CBC during their 1998 Canada Day celebrations.His most recent accomplishments include directing the sci-fi feature "Darwin" starring Nick Krause and Molly Parker, which premiered at the 2016 Vancouver World Film Festival, and co-editing "Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World," which won a Special Jury Prize for Masterful Storytelling at Sundance 2017 and Canadian Screen 'Awards' (qv) for Best Feature Documentary, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing. His latest feature documentary is a passion project he produced and directed over ten years entitled "Megalodemocrat: The Public Art of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer." It won Best Canadian Film at Montreal's International Festival of Films on Art in 2018 and has gone on to screen at festivals on five continents worldwide.::fbrp