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Benjamin Sturgess

Floor Runner

Following my degree in Accounting & Finance, I have been working in the TV & Film for almost 2 years, pursuing the Assistant Director department. I am a confident runner, proficient in fast pace and changing environments and eager to continue to progress in the Assistant Director department, 3rd AD next. Most of my experience comes from indie films, where I have been given much more responsibility and stepped up to cover as 3rd on few occasions.

Selected credits

TV Commercials / Branded Content

Date Prod Co / Agency Brand / Title Type Director Producer 1st AD Role

2023 - Sep

Lolipop Film

Arsenal Retro 23

TVC

Danny Moon

Rob Jelley

Janine Frank

Runner

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

2023-09

Noah Media Films

She Looks Like Me

TV Drama

Torquil Jones & Chris Hay

NA

Ben Hughes

Floor Runner

2023-07

Blast Films

High: Surviving a Dubai Drugs Bust

TV Drama

Alexander Irvine Cox

Paul Evans

Stuart Jones

Floor Runner

2023-09

Minnow Films

Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal

TV Drama

Toby Paton

Leah Cooper

Janine Frank

Floor Runner

2023-10

Green Door Productions & October Films

Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color

TV Drama

Adeyemi Michael

Stuart Jones

Melisa Kurtay

Floor Runner

2024-05

BAD Films Sleep

It's Okay Go Back To Sleep

Feature

Brian Klemesrud

Dominic Burns

Pól Gill

AD Trainee

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

Floor Runner

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

Technical Skills

  • Photoshop - Basic
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Powerpoint
  • Mac Apple Systems.

Additional Skills

  • Valid driving license
  • Car owner
  • P-A-R-T City & Guilds Qualification
  • Managing radio equipment.