Ben Caldwell

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

-

Place of Birth

New Mexico, USA

Ben Caldwell

Biography

Arts educator and independent filmmaker Ben Caldwell grew up assisting his grandfather, who projected movies at a small theater in New Mexico. His passion for the visual arts lead him to study film at UCLA and reside in the neighborhood of Leimert Park, epicenter for the African American art scene in Los Angeles. After teaching film and video at Howard University in Washington, D.C. from 1981-84, Caldwell returned to Leimert Park and created an independent studio for video production and experimentation that became the KAOS Network, a community arts center that provides training on digital arts, media arts and multimedia. It remains the only ...

Production

1982

Festival of Mask

as Director of Photography

1979

1973

Medea

as Writer

1973

Medea

as Director

1973

Medea

as Cinematography

1973

Medea

as Producer

1973

Medea

as Editor

1980

Gidget Meets Hondo

as Cinematography

1995

The Snake in My Bed

as Cinematography

1980

African Woman – USA

as Director of Photography

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