Résumé
Producer, director, and editor with over 25 years of experience in both production and post-production, across documentaries, corporate training, music videos, web content, and narrative film.
Worcester, MA • 617.861.7829 • benjaminoliver@gmail.com
Film & Creative Credits
Writer / Director / Producer / Editor
Original science fiction short film set in Worcester, MA.
Editor / Dir. David J. Curtis
Editor / Dir. David J. Curtis & Katelyn Reddy
Editor / Dir. Michael Henry
Editor / Dir. Patrick McMahill
Visual Effects / Dir. Josh Eisenstadt
Special Effects / Dir. Cameron Cloutier
Director / Editor
Best Film, Best Director, and Best Editing — 2005 Boston 48 Hour Film Project
Editor / Dir. Mike Pecci
Emerging Filmmakers Award — 2003 Woods Hole Film Festival
Relevant Experience
Senior Video Producer / Editor
Producer, Director, Editor
Independent production practice; documentaries, corporate training, music videos, and narrative work.
Freelance Video Editor
Editing videos for the games industry.
Senior Video Producer
Video Editor
Video Editor / Camera Operator
Assistant Camera
Education & Training
Filmmaking, Foundation Film
Accepted, Film Editing
Avid Media Composer Certificate
Awards & Recognition
Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing — Life After Leukemia, 2005 Boston 48 Hour Film Project
Emerging Filmmakers Award — Torpor, 2003 Woods Hole Film Festival
Skills & Equipment
Software & Systems — Adobe Creative Suite, Blender, DaVinci Resolve, vMix, OBS Studio — running across Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Specialties — Cinematography, professional sound recording, animation, 3D, and motion graphics; documentary, narrative, commercial, and live-streaming production.
Personal Camera & Field Kit — Sony a6400 mirrorless system with a range of native and adapted prime and zoom lenses; GoPro Hero 11 Mini; Rode NTG2 and VideoMic Go shotgun mics; Zoom H4n Pro recorder; SmallRig wireless mic system, LED lighting, and camera support; specialty probe camera for macro and hard-to-reach shots.
Workstation — Custom-built editing and VFX workstation (Ryzen 9, RTX 3090, 128GB RAM) with a 200TB OpenMediaVault media server.