The Gradient
A billionaire enters a time-distorted zone in the Bering Strait to investigate a vanished cruise ship — and discovers the anomaly is far more personal than he imagined.
Ben Davis
I write and direct for film and television.
Selected Work
Never Die
When a forgotten '90s video game resurfaces online, a journalist chasing a string of disappearances discovers a creation that doesn't just play — it hunts.
Never Die is in development with Nina Jacobson's Color Force, producing for Lionsgate.
Ted's Head
Convinced it'll break the Red Sox curse in 2004, a grieving Southie recruits a misfit crew to steal Ted Williams' cryogenically frozen head — igniting a reckless cross-country chase that forces him to confront the stories he's been running from.
Film
RTM
The unbelievable true story of a Harvard student who breached NASA, US Army missile systems, and Ivy League networks with the world's first computer worm — while his father ran cybersecurity for the NSA.
RTM is the proof-of-concept short that won me a feature directing job, with Josh Hutcherson and Bob Odenkirk attached. The feature was financed but never filmed. The script is available on request.
RTM — full project →The Jellyfish Man
In a quiet suburban neighborhood, a sleep-deprived new father's attempts to find peace are thwarted by his holiday-obsessed neighbor and his pet jellyfish.
The Jellyfish Man won Best Sci-Fi Short at the Deep in the Heart Film Festival and screened at the Austin Film Festival, among others.
The Jellyfish Man — full project →Photography
I shoot film on my dad's Canon AE-1 Program, which he bought in 1981. I mostly shoot Portra 800, Lomo 800, and Ultramax 400.
About
I'm a writer-director based in Los Angeles. I tell emotional, genre-blurring stories across film and television.
My work has been recognized by the Black List, the Nicholl Fellowship, the Austin Film Festival, the Ouray International Film Festival, the Dallas International Film Festival, and Flickers Rhode Island.
I write openly about mental health. If you are struggling, please dial 988 for support.
