BEN GED LOW
EARLIER WORK
writer, composer, cinematographer
On the films below I have a credit as writer, composer, or cinematographer (or a combination thereof), unless otherwise marked.
Many of the films have played on major TV networks internationally, and won international awards. Miranda Productions was kind enough to send me a partial list of theirs, just below. As a lot of the films were produced by the National Film Board of Canada, or CBC, which have extensive worldwide distribution, and submit to many festivals, and as many of the films were of an acknowledged quality, I suspect quite a list of awards could be attached.
VOICE OF THE AMAZON
(the story of Chico Mendez)
Director: Miranda Smith
Producer: Miranda Smith. Prods. Inc., (New York NY)
Television Broadcasts
DUTV, United States, 2003
Free Speech TV, United States, 1996, 2001
KBDI, United States, 2001
TBS, United States; 1989
TNT, United States; 1990
TV Manchete, Brazil; 1990
TV Ontario, Canada; 1990
SBS TV, Australia; 1990
Fuji TV, Japan; 1990
VARA TV, Netherlands; 1990
Zimbabwe Broadcasting, Zimbabwe; 1990
Filmoption, Canada; 1991
Television Popular, Angola; 1991
Star Entertainment, Hong Kong; 1992
Carrefour International, Canada; 1992-1993
Channel 2, Israel; 1992
ID TV, Netherlands; 1993
RAI, Italy; 1997
Free Speech TV, United States 1996-1999
Theatrical Showings
NuArt Theatre, Los Angeles; October 20 - 26, 1989
Roxie Cinema: San Francisco; March 19, 1990
UC Theatre - Landmark Theatre Corp., Berkeley; March 20,1990
Magic Theatre, Nevada City, CA; June 26 - July 1, 1990
Facets Multi-Media, Chicago; July 1991
Ken Cinema, San Diego; October 13 - 15, 1991
Awards
CINE Golden Eagle
New York Film and Video Festival: Silver Medal
Columbus International Film and Video Festival: Bronze Plaque
National Education Association Award for the Advancement of Learning Through Broadcast
USA Film Festival: Finalist
American Association for the Advancement of Science Books and Films Film Festival:
Certificate of Merit
Wine Country Film Festival: Gaia Award
CANARY OF THE OCEAN
(narrated by Andie MacDowell)
Director: Miranda Smith
Producer: Miranda Smith, Abigail Wright, Miranda Prods. Inc. (Boulder, Colorado)
AWARDS
CINE Golden Eagle
Best Environmental Film
Mountainfilm in Telluride
Best Environmental Film
Vermont International Film Festival
Chris Award
Columbus International Film and Video Festival
Gold Illumination Award
Crested Butte Reel Fest
Certificate of Merit
Chicago International Film Festival
Honorable Mention
George Sidney Independent Film Competition - San Luis Obispo
Honorable Mention
Festival du Film Maritime et d'Exploration - Toulon, France
MY FATHER'S GARDEN
Director: Miranda Smith
Producer: Abigail Wright, Miranda Prods. Inc. (Boulder, Colorado)
AWARDS
1997 EarthWatch Film Award
CINE Golden Eagle
Columbus International Film Festival: Chris Award
Chicago International Film Festival: Silver Plaque
San Francisco International Film Festival: Silver Spire
MountainFilm in Telluride: Best Environmental Film
Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival: Founders Award
BACA/Brooklyn Arts Council: First Place Documentary
National Educational Media Competition: Bronze Apple
Worldfest Houston: Bronze Award
Central Florida Film and Video Festival: Third Place Documentary
CINDY: Bronze
TELLY: Bronze
Minnesota Film and Video Expo: Best Director
Crested Butte Reel Fest: Best Documentary
Canyonlands Film/Video Festival: Best Documentary
Hope & Dreams Festival: Best Documentary
USA Film Festival: Finalist
Harry Chapin Media Awards: Finalist
Great Plains Film Festival: Finalist
FEATURE FILMS
(composer)
KEEPING TRACK
Starring Michael Sarrazin, Margo Kidder
Director: Robin Spry
Producer: Robin Spry, Jamie Brown
ONE MAN
Starring Len Cariou, Jayne Eastwood
Director: Robin Spry
Producer: Michael Scott, Roman Kroiter
THE HEAT WAVE LASTED FOUR DAYS
Starring Gordon Pincent, Alexandra Stewart
Director: Doug Jackson
Producer: Bernard Devlin, Daisy DeBelfeuille
THE KID WHO COULDN’T MISS
Starring Eric Peterson, Walter Borne
Director: Paul Cowan
Producer: Paul Cowan
DOCUMENTARY SERIES (LECTURES)
INTERSECT 2001
14 hours of lectures by 25 scientists
at the Intersect 2001 Symposium,
Nevada, Arizona.
Director\camera\editor: Ben Ged Low
Producers: Ben Ged Low, Kronia Communications and Silver Wolf Productions
THE CATASTROPHISTS, Part One
7 hours (May 2001), an on-going
scientific lecture series
Director\camera\editor: Ben Ged Low
Producers: Ben Ged Low, Kronia Communications.
THE CATASTROPHISTS, Part Two:
7 hours (October 2000), an on-going
science lecture series
Director\camera\editor: Ben Ged Low
Producers: Ben Ged Low, Kronia Communications.
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
(composer, writer, or cinematographer)
THE SWORD OF THE LORD
Director: Paul Cowan
Producer: Paul Cowan
STARS OF TOMORROW (73 min.)
Producers: NFB & SDA Ltd.
IN SEARCH OF FARLEY MOWAT
Director: Andy Thomson
Producer: Robert Duncan, Andy Thomson
LOS CANADIENSES
Director: Albert Kish
Producer: Tom Daly
GRENFEL OF LABRADOR: THE GREAT ADVENTURE
Director: Terry Filgate
Producer: CBC
Narrator: Pierre Berton
EVE LAMBART
Director: Margaret Westcott
Producer: Kathleen Shannon
I’LL GO AGAIN
Director: Paul Cowan
Producer: Tom Daly
Director: James de B. Domville
Producer: NFB
ARCTIC IV
VOICE OF THE AMAZON
CANARY OF THE OCEAN
ARCTIC SPIRITS
CIVILIZED CITY
WAY TO GO
TWENTY SIX MILES IN A ROW
MARATHON INTERNATIONAL DE MONTREAL
Director: Peter Raymond
Producer: CBC
Director: Don Williams
Producer: Don Williams
Director: Wayne Whellons, Patrick Vallaley
Producer: Wayne Whellons
Director: Wayne Whellons, Patrick Vallaley
Producer: Wayne Whellons
Director: Wayne Whellons, Patrick Vallaley
Producer: Wayne Whellons
HALF-HOUR DRAMAS
(composer, writer, or cinematographer)
BRAVERY IN THE FIELD
Director: Giles Walker
Producer: Roman Kroiter
LES BLEUS, LA NUIT
LES PRIX DE L'AQCC (Association Québécoise des Critiques de Cinéma) PRIX DU COURT ET MOYEN MÉTRAGE QUÉBÉCOIS1982 Les bleus... la nuit de Daniel Rancourt (cm)
Director: Daniel Rancourt
Producer: Renald Bellemare
L’ACTEUR, LA VOISINE
Director: Daniel Rancourt
Producer: Imagide Inc.
BARGAIN BASEMENT
Director: John Smith
Producer: Roman Kroiter
I WASN’T SCARED
Director: Giles Walker
Producer: Vladimir Valenta, Roman Kroiter
HALF-HOUR DOCUMENTARIES
(composer, writer, or cinematographer)
LOOKING FOR WATER IN THE OCEAN
writer-director: Ben Ged Low
producers: Ben Ged Low, Philippe Turp, Kronia Communicaitons, Silver Wolf Productions, Les Productions Cinéclipse, Montreal
THE EAST COMES WEST
Director: Gary Toole
Producer: Craig Graham
IN ALL SEASONS
Director: Earnest Reid
Producer: Desmond Dew
THE BOAT THAT IAN BUILT
Director: Andy Thomson
Producer: Colin Low, Stanley Jackson
BLACKWOOD
Director: Andy Thomson, Tony Ianzelo
Producer: Tom Daly
BEAUTIFUL LENNARD ISLAND
Director: Beverly Shaffer
Producer: Yuki Yoshida
THE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN
Director: Michael Rubbo, Pierre Lasry
Producer: Roman Bittman
CHARTING THE FROZEN SEA
Director: Guy Dufaux
Producer: Jacques Bobet
IF BRAINS WERE DYNAMITE
Director: Thom Burstyn, John Laing, Peter Bors
Producer: Thom Burstyn
THE FORBES HOME
Director: Alex Macleod, Stephen Steinhouse, Mark Zannis
Producer: Mark Zannis
LOG HOUSE
Director: Michael Rubbo,
Andreas Poulsson
Producer: Roman Bittman
CYCLING, STILL THE GREATEST
Director: Gary Toole
Producer: Jacques Bobet
OF MANY PEOPLE
Director: Stanley Jackson
Producer: John Spotton,
Robert Verrall
THE MYSTERY OF BAY BULLS
Director: Ted Remeroski
Producer: Dorothy Curtois
PASS THE KETCHUP
Director: Albert Kish
Producer: Tom Daly
THE DEFENDER
Director: Stephen Low
Producer: Charles Konowal
GURDEEP SINGH BAINES
Director: Beverly Shaffer
Producer: Kathleen Shannon
ONE OUT OF THREE IS A FISHBOAT
Director: Andy Thomson
Producer: Wolf Koenig, Andy Thomson
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BUY A BOAT
VOUS VOULEZ ACHETER UN BATEAU
Director: Andy Thomson
Producer: Andy Thomson
TOO DIRTY FOR A WOMAN
Director: Diane Beaudry
Producer: Signe Johansson
EARTHQUAKE
Director: Patricia Lavoie
Producer: Patricia Lavoie
COWBOY’S CLAIM
Director: Miranda Smith
Producer: Miranda Smith
FIGHTING BACK
Director: Gary Toole
Producer: Craig Graham
ALMOST GIANTS
Director: Gary Toole
Producer: Craig Graham
DEHAVILAND
Director: Gary Toole
Producer: Craig Graham
YOU’RE EATING FOR TWO
Director: Malca Gilson
Producer: Tom Daly
MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTARIES
(composer)
THE AGE OF INVENTION
Director: Albert Kish
Producer: Albert Kish
LOVE ON WHEELS
Directors: Ian Rankin, Ben Ged Low
Producer: Andy Thomson
CHRISTMAS AT MOOSE FACTORY
Director: Alanis Obamsawin
Producer: Wolf Koenig
Photography: Ben Ged Low
THE POWER BEHIND THE LEADERS
Director: Carlos Ferrand
Producer: CN
RAIL
HEAT
Director: Carlos Ferrand
Producer: CN
Director: Carlos Ferrand
Producer: CN
12 DOCUMENTARIES
(20 minutes each)
Director: Jean Louis Cote
Producer: Telescene Prod.
NUTRITION & FITNESS
(13 TV spots, 30 sec. – 3 min.)
Director: (Various)
Producer: NFB
FEELING GOOD
(7 TV spots, 1 – 3 min.)
Director: (Various)
Producer: NFB
CANADIAN VIGNETTES:
ARCTIC MISSION
Director: Joan Henson
Producer: Dorothy Courtois
CANADIAN VIGNETTES:
ARCTIC SEASCAPE
Director: Joan Henson
Producer: Dorothy Courtois
CANADIAN VIGNETTES:
UNDER THE POLE
Director: Joan Henson
Producer: Dorothy Courtois
FAT FREEDOM
LE GROS DEGAGE
ANIMATION
(composer)
THE STREET
Director: Caroline Leaf
Producer: Guy Glover
Director: Richard Capener
Producer: Derek Lamb
NO APPLE FOR JOHNNY
Director: John Weldon
Producer: Wolf Koenig
COMET
Director: Sidney Goldsmith
Producer: Sidney Goldsmith
THE OLD LADY'S CAMPING TRIP
Director: Les Drew
Producer: David Verrall, Les Drew
DEATH IN THE SPRING
Director: Anne MacLeod
Producer: Rex Tasker
CANADIAN VIGNETTES: TREE
Director: Robert Doucet
Producer: NFB
THEATRICAL SHORTS
(composer, except where marked)
WINTERSONG
Director, writer, camera, music: Ben Ged Low
Producer: Don Hopkins
DESCENT
Director: Paul Cowan, Giles Walker
Producer: Tom Daly, Desmond Dew
THE MAD CANADIAN
Director: Robert Fortier
Producer: Bill Brind
NEXT GENERATION
Director: Stephen Low
Producer: Roger Hart
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
Director: Andy Thomson
Producer: Andy Thomson
SALLY ANN SYMPATHY
Director: Thom Burstyn
Producer: Ignace Burstyn, Thom Burstyn
EDUCATIONAL
SESAME STREET
(approx. 50 songs)
Music Producer\composer\performer: Ben Ged Low
Executive Producer: Michael Lavoie
Songs aired in numerous countries.
STRANGELIGHT
10 part audio-visual series for Canadian High Schools
Director\writer: Ben Ged Low
Producer: Don Hopkins NFB
FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAYS
writer
SAHARA
GOLDWING
SMILE OF THE BEAST
FALLING OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD
LUCIFER DREAMS OF LOVE
THE SPIRIT
MU
JAZZ BABY
SEEN FROM AFAR
Writer: feature film screenplays that have been commissioned or optioned, and in development at some point in time
MUSIC PRODUCER
selection only
NIRVANA BLEU
Nominated for 5 Felix Awards (won 3): French Canada’s equivalent for the ‘Grammy’.
Released internationally.
Artist: Daniel Lavoie
Producer\arranger\muscian: Ben Ged Low
PAQUETTE
Nominated for 3 Felix Awards,
including ‘Producer of the Year’
(won 2).
Artist: Robert Paquette
Producer\arranger\musician: Ben Ged Low
CRAVINGS
Released internationally.
Artist: Daniel Lavoie
Producer\arranger\musician: Ben Ged Low
C’EST DROLE COMME LA VIE
Released internationally.
Artist: Daniel Desheme
Producer\arranger\muscian: Ben Ged Low
STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER
1970's. Production stills on 20-30 films, photojournalism, fashion, publicity, industrial, educational filmstrips, 25-screen slide show for Manitoba centenial, O.E.S. Poverty Program White House (US) Special Project
NEWS CAMERAMAN
Late 60's. CJON TV St. John's NFLD. In charge of the camera department, handling all the station's photographic requirements, shooting, processing, editing, publicity stills, darkroom etc. etc.
News stories were shot in 16mm, usually edited 'in-camera', processed, and aired the same day.
I was also responsible for shooting local commercials. One particular spot was so loved by the client it was still airing 15 years later.
MISCELLANEOUS
Numerous documentary scripts and proposals commisioned but never produced, e.g. feature documentary on THE LIFE OF EMMANUEL VELIKOVSKY (six months research and writing).
Paid but uncredited consultant on numerous films, from IMAX to 30 sec. commercials.
Director, writer, storyboard artist, for a small number of TV commericals, the producers and titles of which I am trying to locate.
Music arranger, band-leader, musician (side-man), on a number of tours, and in the studio, Montreal.
Music arranger, band-leader, muscian, New York City.
Composed and produced music scores for a number of theatre plays (Quebec), the names of which I can no longer recall.
Stunt-Double (motorcycle stunts) for Edward Albert on the HBO Hitchhiker series.
