Person

Ben Zand

Acting · Born 1991-02-02 · Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Ben Zand is an award-winning British-Iranian filmmaker, journalist, producer and director from Liverpool. He makes controversial and thought-provoking documentaries that focus on access and investigations into some of the most controversial characters of our time, such as "R Kelly: Sex Girls and Videotapes", and documentaries that take us to places we may not care to go ourselves, such as "World's Most Dangerous Cities". As well as creating his documentaries, he's worked as a documentary executive at BBC Studios and was the Editor and Head of the BBC's documentary bureau, BBC Pop Up. His work has taken him around the world - meeting some of its most influential, dangerous and fascinating people. He now runs his own production company, ZANDLAND Films.

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Filmography

2026The Cult of NatureBoyDirector
2025Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's WarDirector
2024The Toxic World Of Perfect LooksSelf
2024KingpinsSelf - Host
2023The Great Amazon HeistExecutive Producer
2022UNTOLD: The Secret World of Incels
2022UNTOLDSelf
2021The Cult of Conspiracy: QAnonSelf
2020The Mysterious Murder of Nipsey HussleWriter
2019Extinction Rebellion: Last Chance to Save the World?Self - Presenter
2019Confessions of a Serial KillerWriter
2019Is This Sexual Harassment?Self - Presenter
2018The Curse of the Internet ManMerch
2018R Kelly: Sex, Girls and VideotapesPresenter
2016The Man Who Squeezes Muscles: Searching for Purple AkiSelf - Presenter
2016What Would Beethoven Do?Self
2011ITV ExposureDirector

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