Person
Ben Proudfoot
Directing · Born 1990-10-29 · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography
Ben Proudfoot (born 29 October 1990) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. He directed The Queen of Basketball, winner of the 2021 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject; as well as co-director with Kris Bowers of the short documentary film A Concerto Is a Conversation, which was an Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021. He and Bowers were also winners of the 2024 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for The Last Repair Shop.
Known for
The Last Repair Shop
Director
I Got My Brother
Executive Producer
The Baddest Speechwriter of All
Director
Dinner With Fred
Director
Mink!
Director
A Concerto Is a Conversation
Screenplay
The Eyes of Ghana
Director
Motorcycle Mary
Executive Producer
Kim I Am
Director
The Turnaround
Producer
Filmography
- 2026I Got My BrotherExecutive Producer
- 2026The Baddest Speechwriter of AllDirector
- 2025The Eyes of GhanaDirector
- 2025Doc AlbanyDirector
- 2025The First RainDirector
- 2024The TurnaroundProducer
- 2024The Final Copy of Ilon SpechtDirector
- 2024Motorcycle MaryExecutive Producer
- 2024The Last Repair ShopDirector
- 2023Forgiving JohnnyDirector
- 2022The Best Chef in the WorldDirector
- 2022The First ReportProducer
- 2022Mink!Director
- 2022If You Have: The Untold Story of UNICEFProducer
- 2021The Unchosen OneDirector
- 2021The Silent Pulse of the UniverseDirector
- 2021The Queen of BasketballDirector
- 2021The Beauty PresidentExecutive Producer
- 2021AngelaProducer
- 2021JerryDirector
- 2020CalvinDirector
- 2020RosaryProducer
- 2020HumbertoDirector
- 2020A Concerto Is a ConversationScreenplay
- 2019The Lost AstronautDirector
- 2019The Other Fab FourDirector
- 2019Kim I AmDirector
- 2019The King of Fish and ChipsDirector
- 2019That's My JazzExecutive Producer
- 2019Beautifully SavageDirector
- 2018GeorgeDirector
- 2018The Catalyte StoryDirector
- 2018Still HereDirector
- 2017A Love Letter to LisbonDirector
- 2017KunstglaserDirector
- 2017Lost at SeaDirector
- 2016Rwanda & JulietProducer
- 2015RustDirector
- 2015LadybugDirector
- 2015Fibre & WoodDirector
- 2015TurnsDirector
- 2015StoneDirector
- 2015Mother EarthDirector
- 2015Paper RuschaDirector
- 2013The OxProducer
- 2011Ink & PaperDirector
- 2011Dinner With FredDirector
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