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.