Benjamin Wiessner

Vanishing Angle
Producer, Producer of Marketing & Distribution and Marketing/pr

Los Angeles, California

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April 2013

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About Benjamin

Benjamin Wiessner was named to Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Indie Film in 2012 as part of ornana films, where he began producing and distributing shorts and features with broadcast partners across the world, including Canal+ and PBS. He has produced over a dozen short films in both hand-drawn animation and live action, with awards at festivals including SxSw and Sundance. He has also worked on fifteen features, including producing Beast Beast (Sundance, SxSw 2020) and Thunder Road (SXSW Grand Jury Prize, Cannes). He consults, mentors, and consoles numerous up and coming filmmakers. Raised by educators, he frequently speaks about production, distribution, foreign sales, and film marketing at film schools, festivals, and conferences such as The Southern Producer’s Lab, Sundance Institute’s Self-Distribution Workshop, as well as many others. In 2018, he co-founded the Short to Feature Filmmaking Lab.

Gender:
Male

Height:
6' 2"

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A Morning Light Experimental ⋄ Independent ⋄ Romance ⋄ Sci-fi A MORNING LIGHT is a stark, feature-length portrait about extraterrestrial visitation—starring Zach Weintraub and Celia Rowlson-Hall. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ianclark/a-morning-light

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Disfluency (2020)
Film Producer
The Werewolf (2020)
Film Producer
Beast Beast (2020)
Film Producer
Krista (2018)
Film Producer
A Bread Factory, Part One (2018)
Film Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Add a Plot »
A Bread Factory, Part Two (2018)
Film Second Unit Director or Assistant Director Add a Plot »
American Folk (2017)
Film (Drama and Musical) Miscellaneous Crew Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11. A story about the kindness of strangers and the power of music.
Frolic 'N Mae (2017)
Film (Animation, Short, Comedy and Family) Producer Outcast from her cousin's party, 10-year-old Mae creates Frolic from ink and cardboard, then Frolic creates mayhem.
Minutes (2017)
TV Mini Producer
The Robbery (2017)
Film (Short, Action, Comedy, Crime and 2 More) Producer Crystal robs a liquor store-it goes pretty OK.
Thunder Road (2016)
Film (Short, Comedy and Drama) Producer Jimmy Arnaud eulogizes his mother.
Farmer/Veteran (2016)
Film (Documentary and War) Producer After three tours in Iraq, Alex Sutton's new mission to find healing through farming is haunted by the wounds of a family lost and the shadow of the soldier he yearns to be.
A Morning Light (2015)
Film (Drama and Sci-Fi) Producer A MORNING LIGHT is an atmospheric, sci-fi thriller focused on Zach and Ellyn, who begin to sense a strange presence has embedded itself in the forest. Their experiences become progressively more bizarre as they immerse themselves in the surrounding wilderness. Do the sounds and light phenomena affecting them come from somewhere else, or are these merely an invention of their perception?
13 Cameras (2015)
Film (Drama and Horror) Producer Claire and Ryan, a newlywed couple, move into a new house across the country, only to find out that their marital issues are the least of their problems. Unbeknownst to them, Their grim and lascivious landlord has been spying on them from day one.
Cigar Box Banjo (2015)
Film (Short and Drama) Producer Add a Plot »
The Mother Warns the Tornado (2015)
Film (Short and Drama) Producer Add a Plot »
All Your Favorite Shows! (2015)
Film (Animation, Short, Action, Adventure and 1 More) Producer Anything you wanna watch in the palm of your hands! Crazy convenient. Crazy...
The Grief of Others (2015)
Film (Drama) Producer The story is based on the novel by Leah Hager Cohen in which a couple's baby dies 57 hours after his birth and the parents try to return to their previous lives and struggle to regain a semblance of normalcy for themselves and their two children. Written by Variety
Confusion Through Sand (2013)
Film (Animation, Short, Action, Drama and 1 More) Producer A nineteen year old finds himself alone in a hostile desert, scared as hell and trained to react.
Euphonia (2013)
Film (Drama and Thriller) Writer Add a Plot »
Snake Oil Song
Producer
In a Silent Way
Producer
The Beta Test
Producer
Werewolves Within
Producer
The Surrogate
Producer