Donut Media
About the project
Donut was created in 2015 by Ben Conrad, Matt Levin, and Nick Moceri. Donut was acquired by Recurrent Ventures in 2021.
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Venom
About the project
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Creative Lead: Ben Conrad (Main on End Title Sequence)
Bruno Mars
About the project
Director: Jonathan Lia
ECD: Ben Conrad
Billboard: Bruno Mars’ ‘That’s What I Like’ Music Video Hits 2 Billion YouTube Views
Goliath
About the project
Fire, smoke and menace teem in gritty opening title sequence for Goliath. - Communication Arts
Gymkhana 8
About the project
Director: Ben Conrad
DOP: Jordan Valenti
Editor: Volkert Besseling
"...a romp through Dubai that rips through deserts and palaces– takes his surreal drifting to a closed off 12-lane highway with a truck on two wheels, and a freakin’ moving airplane"
Get Lost
About the project
A man confronts his dark side in the desert.
Starring: Josh Fadem
Directed by: Ben Conrad
Written by: Nick Moceri
Castrol | Blackout
About the project
Director: Ben Conrad
DP: Joost Van Gelder
Editor: Volkert Besseling
Awards: D&AD Wood Pencil Cinematography
Gymkhana 7
About the project
Director: Ben Conrad
DOP: Jordan Valenti
Editor: Volkert Besseling
Awards:
Winner: Volkert Besseling - Gold Pencil “Best Editing Branded Content”: One Show Awards 2015
Winner: Ben Conrad - Bronze Pencil "Video Craft / Direction" One Show Awards 2015
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night
About the project
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
Executive Producer: Ben Conrad and Nick Moceri
The film premiered at Sundance ’14. Distributed by Kino Lorber and Vice.
Additional: Created a graphic novel with Amirpour set in the world of the film. “The perfect companion piece to the film.” — Killer Horror Critic
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NYTimes: The Shadow in the Chador
Gangster Squad
About the project
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Creative Lead: Ben Conrad (Main on End Title Sequence)
Gymkhana 6
About the project
Director: Ben Conrad
DOP: Ken Seng
Production Design: Matthew Holt
Editor: Volkert Besseling
Awards:
Winner: Streamy Best Brand Campaign
Iron Man 3
About the project
Director: Shane Black
Creative Lead & 2nd Unit (The Mandarin Interstitials): Ben Conrad
Miley Cyrus
Trask Industries
About the project
Agency: Ignition
Director: Ben Conrad
Editor: Volkert Besseling
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Premium Rush
About the project
Ben Conrad was creative lead for the interstitials in Premium Rush (2012), David Koepp’s bike-messenger thriller — the animated map sequences tracing routes across Manhattan.
Director: David Koepp
Creative Lead (Interstitials): Ben Conrad
Gymkhana 5
About the project
Director: Ben Conrad
Creative Director: Brian Scotto
DOP: Stephen Blackman
Production Designer: Matthew Holt
Editor: Volkert Besseling
Awards:
Winner: Gold Pencil One Show, Best Branded Content / Online
Winner: Gold Pencil One Show, Best Long Form / Online Films & Video
Press:
Fast Co: How To Create a Viral Blockbuster the Gymkhana Way
Avengers
About the project
Director: Joss Whedon
Creative Lead & 2nd Unit "Celebration Montage": Ben Conrad
Umshini Wam
About the project
Ben Conrad created the title sequence for Umshini Wam, Harmony Korine’s 2011 short film starring Ninja and Yo-Landi Vi$$er of Die Antwoord.
Director: Harmony Korine
Title Sequence: Ben Conrad
Gymkhana 4
About the project
Director: Ben Conrad
ECD (DC Shoes): Nate Morley
Creative Director: Brian Scotto
DOP: Stephen Blackman
Production Designer: Matthew Holt
Editor: Volkert Besseling
I’m Here
About the project
Ben Conrad led animation development for I’m Here (2010), Spike Jonze’s Sundance-premiered short film about two robots falling in love in Los Angeles.
Director: Spike Jonze
Animation Development: Ben Conrad
Zombieland
About the project
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Creative Lead - Main Titles & Rules: Ben Conrad
Awards:
Winner: SXSW Best Title Sequence
Winner: ADC Silver
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Citroën
About the project
Ben Conrad directed this Citroën spot for BETC Paris (2007), a blend of animation and live action featuring a Citroën billboard leaping across surfaces on its way to the beach.
Agency: BETC Paris
Director: Ben Conrad
Bob Dylan
About the project
Ben Conrad directed Apple’s Bob Dylan iPod + iTunes spot during the Silhouette campaign era: a silhouetted Dylan performing “Someday Baby” from his 32nd album, Modern Times, released September 2006. Writing in Wired, Andy Cush said the ad let Apple “attract cool dads and their college student kids with this single statement.”
Director: Ben Conrad (Logan)
DOP: Roman Jackobi
Editor: Glenn Martin (Nomad)
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“Someday Baby” and the iPod commercial - Wikipedia
iPod Commercials Defined an Era for Music in Marketing: The 10 Most Iconic Ads - Billboard
VW Jetta | Kungfu
About the project
Director: Ben Conrad (Logan)
Agency: Creative On Demand
Creative Director: Daniel Marrero
Creative Director: Priscilla Cortizas
Art Director: Priscilla Cortizas
Copywriter: Daniel Marrero
Copywriter: Andres Arlia
Agency Producer: Patty Rodriguez
Wolfmother
About the project
Director: Mark Romanek
Editor: Glen Martin
Post (Design & Animation): Logan
iPod Commercials Defined an Era for Music in Marketing: The 10 Most Iconic Ads - Billboard
Ken Ishii | Beep Twist
About the project
A Bosozuko biker's moment between this world and the next commissioned for Ken Ishii's track "Beep Twist".
Information Contraband
About the project
Music video for Money Mark’s "Information Contraband" (Emperor Norton Records). The video established Logan (logan.tv), the production company Ben Conrad co-founded in 2000 with Alexei Tylevich, in what was an emerging group of digital filmmakers blending design, animation, and live action while pulling from diverse cultural influences into their work. The video won best directorial debut for an electronic music video at the 2001 MVPA awards and was exhibited in film festivals worldwide.
“Radical when it was made, the video’s blending of disparate worlds is now de rigueur.” - LA Weekly
“Logan takes you on a visual vacation prising out startlingly original influences to wondrous effect.” - 25 FPS
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