Graduate Student

As a PhD student with joint entry in History of Art and Film Studies, Ben's research lies at the intersection of film and the visual arts. For his dissertation, he is investigating experimental filmmakers from West Europe, Latin America, and North America who have gone on to interrogate the "vérité" tradition of documentary film. He is interested in how contemporary artists and filmmakers have transformed documentary theory and technique through their own practices within a broader sphere of "art cinema." His past work has specialized in the cross-disciplinary films of Harun Farocki, Michael Haneke, and Alfonso Cuarón.