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. I have recently stepped up to Trainee Assistant Director and at times, stepped up to cover as 3rd AD.
I am hoping to gain some experience as a Crowd AD on bigger productions going forward and increase my experience in the commercial sector as a Runner.
Have spent the last 6 months focusing on physio rehab on my knee - I ruptured my ACL, playing football start of last year. Ready to get stuck back in with working on set!
Selected credits
Post Production
| Date | Prod Co / Agency | Brand / Title | Type | Director | Producer | Role |
|
2024 - Mar |
SOHO Runners |
Gravity Media |
Football Coverage |
NA |
Sajida Junaid |
Runner |
|
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 |
|
|
2023-06 |
Signature Entertainment |
Take Cover |
Feature |
Nick Mckinless |
Ben Jacques |
Joe Stringer |
3rd AD (Daily Cover) |
|
|
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 (University - 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 - Intermediate
- 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
