Benjamin Sturgess

Floor Runner

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. Most 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.

Selected credits

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

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2022 - Jul

NA

Can The Moon Walk Me Home?

Short

IsabeTyner

Isabelle Tyner

Benjamin Sturgess

1st AD

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2022 - Jun

Goldfinch

Bad Vibrations

Short

Ben Charles Edwards

Kirsty Bell

Dai Jenkins

Runner Driver

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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

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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

AD Trainee

N/A

2023-10

Green Door Productions & October Films

Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color

TV Drama

Adeyemi Michael

Stuart Jones

Melisa Kurtay

Floor Runner

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2023-10

Lionstooth Films

Spectrum

Feature

Jonell Rowe

Moses Ssebandeke

Benjamin Sturgess Sophie Brown

1st AD (2nd Block)

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2023-09

Minnow Films

Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal

TV Drama

Toby Paton

Leah Cooper

Janine Frank

Floor Runner

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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

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2022-09

Picture Perfect

Boudica

Feature

Jesse V. Johnson

Lucinda Rhodes Thakrar

Ben Sheridan

Floor Runner

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Languages

  • French

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

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