Benjamin Sturgess
Floor Runner
Also available as a:
Floor Runner in Features & TV Drama
Following my degree in Accounting & Finance, I have been working in the TV & Film for over 2 years, pursuing the Assistant Director department. I am a confident runner, proficient in fast pace and changing environments. I am eager to continue to progress in the Assistant Director department. A vast amount of my experience comes from independent films, in which I have been given much more responsibility and at times, stepped up to cover as 3rd AD.
Have spent the last 6 months focusing on physio rehab on my knee - I ruptured my ACL, playing football start of last year. Doing incredibly well now (half way through recovery) and ready to get stuck back in with working on set!
Selected credits
Post Production
| Date | Prod Co / Agency | Brand / Title | Type | Director | Producer | Role |
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2024 - Mar |
SOHO Runners |
Gravity Media |
Football Coverage |
NA |
Sajida Junaid |
Runner |
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2023 - Dec |
SOHO Runners |
Hireworks |
Reception Cover |
NA |
NA |
Runner |
|
2023 - Dec |
SOHO Runners |
Clear Cut |
Xmas Company Party |
NA |
Phil Knowles |
Runner |
Shorts & Personal Projects
| Date | Prod Co | Title | Type | Director | Producer | 1st AD | Role | Vimeo / Youtube Link |
|
2024 - Aug |
NA |
Woman To Woman |
Short |
Isabelle Tyner |
Isabelle Tyner |
Benjamin Sturgess |
1st AD |
N/A |
|
2024 - Feb |
Deadbeat Films |
Rat King |
Short |
Andrea Mae Perez |
Anna Chalabi Prat |
Cecilia Lacombe Flynn |
Runner (Re-shoots) |
N/A |
|
2022 - Nov |
Goldman Picture Company |
My Husband Is A Dog |
Short |
Sara Jordan |
Zachary Goldman |
Benjamin Sturgess |
1st AD |
|
|
2022 - Jul |
NA |
Can The Moon Walk Me Home? |
Short |
IsabeTyner |
Isabelle Tyner |
Benjamin Sturgess |
1st AD |
|
|
2022 - Jun |
Goldfinch |
Bad Vibrations |
Short |
Ben Charles Edwards |
Kirsty Bell |
Dai Jenkins |
Runner Driver |
|
TV Commercials / Branded Content
| Date | Prod Co / Agency | Brand / Title | Type | Director | Producer | 1st AD | Role | Vimeo / Youtube Link |
|
2023 - Sep |
Lolipop Film |
Arsenal Retro 23 |
TVC |
Danny Moon |
Rob Jelley |
Janine Frank |
Runner |
N/A |
|
2023 - Sep |
Untold Studios |
BET - UK Cypher |
Music Video |
Meeks & Frost |
Tia Varnnard |
Kimane Erskine |
Runner |
|
Features & TV Drama
| Date(s) | Prod Co | Title | Type | Director | Producer | 1st AD | Role | Vimeo / Youtube Link |
|
2024-05 |
BAD Films Sleep |
It's Okay Go Back To Sleep |
Feature |
Brian Klemesrud |
Dominic Burns |
Pól Gill |
Trainee Assistant Director |
N/A |
|
2023-10 |
Green Door Pictures & October Films |
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color |
TV Drama |
Adeyemi Michael |
Stuart Jones |
Melisa Kurtay |
Key Floor Runner |
|
|
2023-10 |
Lionstooth Films |
Spectrum |
Feature |
Jonell Rowe |
Moses Ssebandeke |
Benjamin Sturgess Sophie Brown |
1st AD (2nd Block) |
|
|
2023-09 |
Minnow Films |
Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal |
TV Drama |
Toby Paton |
Leah Cooper |
Janine Frank |
Floor Runner |
|
|
2023-09 |
Noah Media Films |
She Looks Like Me |
TV Drama |
Torquil Jones & Chris Hay |
NA |
Ben Hughes |
Floor Runner |
N/A |
|
2023-07 |
Blast! Films |
High: Surviving a Dubai Drugs Bust |
TV Drama |
Alexander Irvine Cox |
Paul Evans |
Stuart Jones |
Floor Runner |
|
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2023-06 |
Signature Entertainment |
Take Cover |
Feature |
Nick Mckinless |
Ben Jacques |
Joe Stringer |
3rd AD (Daily Cover) |
|
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2022-10 |
Picture Perfect |
Blackwater Lane |
Feature |
Jeff Celentano |
Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar |
Joe Suarez |
Floor Runner |
|
|
2022-09 |
Picture Perfect |
Boudica |
Feature |
Jesse V. Johnson |
Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar |
Ben Sheridan |
Key Floor Runner |
|
Languages
- French (Intermediate) Spanish (IGCSE)
Education
- All Spring Media|Sky Studios Elstree: Moving Up To 2nd AD Skills Bootcamp - Certificate Jan 2024
- The University Of Exeter (2017-2021) GRAD. Aug 2021: BSc (HONS) Grade 2:1 Accounting & Finance with European Study
- Tonbridge School: 2012-2017
1st ADs Worked with as a Runner
- Ben Hughes
- Ben Sheridan.
- Cecilia Lacombe O’Flynn
- Janine Frank
- Joe Stinger
- Joe Suarez
- Kimane Erskine
- Melisa Kurtay
- Nick Justin
- Pól Gill
- Stuart Jones
Celebrities Worked with
- Olga Kurylenko
- James Faulkner
- Peter Franzén
- Leo Gregory
- Kris Johnson
- Harry Kirton
- Lucy Martin
- Nick Moran
- Clive Standen
- Rita Tushingham
- Minka Kelly
- Dermot Mulroney
- Maggie Grace
- Scott Adkins
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers
- Poppy Drayton
- Edmund Kingsley
- Oliver Trevena
- John Malkovich
- Emma Willis
- Matt Willis
Technical Skills
- Photoshop - Basic
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Mac Apple Systems
Additional Skills
- Valid driving license
- Comfortable driving vans
- Car owner
- P-A-R-T City & Guilds Qualification
- Managing radio equipment
- Coordinating small background crowds
