Ben Younger
Writer / Director
The Boiler Room
New York, NY USA
“You can't be afraid to do the grunt work.”
Videos
By Roadtrip NationBen Younger
Milestones
My road in life has been direct.
Knew he loved movies more than anything else in life, but never thought it could be a career.
Nothing else really jumped out at him, so he majored in communications.
After college, found a production assistant job and fell in love with the film set on the first day.
Did the "grunt work" as a PA, mostly doing coffee orders.
Quit that job to go work on a film for no pay; film got canceled the day he was supposed to start.
A friend felt bad that the film fell through, invited him to help shoot a Wu Tang Clan video.
People at the shoot assumed he knew what he was doing but Ben had never worked grip.
Faked his way through that first music video and the rest was history.
Education
High School
Career
Writer / Director
I create and execute material as a writer and director.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Film
Writing
Being Creative
Interviewed By
The Open Road
The Roadtrip Nation team head out to San Francisco, where they interview Chris Fink, product designer of Ideo Design and Tim Brown, CEO, Ideo Design. Next they meet with color consultant Beatrice Santiccioli, virtual CEO author Randy Komisar, Queen Bee of Buzz Marketing Yahoo Luanne Calvert, Clif Bar founder Gary Erickson and visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren.
