Ben Dowden (BD) is a Bristol based filmmaker and cameraman.With over 20 years professional experience as a self employed film maker, he has worked extensively with musicians, models, actors, dancers, choreographers, designers, sound engineers, animators and fine artists, as well as brands and studios. His work has taken him all over the world.BD has been commissioned to create work for a wide range of clients, from Aardman Animations to Sadlers Wells, and now teaches the skills he has learned as an independent film maker, as well as mentoring younger film makers.His Youtube channel (link below) has received over 200 million views and attracted over 165,000 subscribers (being awarded the Silver Play Button).On completion of his first class degree in 2000 he was awarded the Roger Cranshaw Memorial prize for a student whose work 'most exhibits qualities of imagination and originality, and is least confined by orthodoxy' from the University of the West of EnglandBen continues to create both personal and professional film, with his visual and editing style being applied to short films, fashion films, music videos, promos, and documentaries.WEBSITE www.bdfilm.co.uk