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Ben Model

Ben Model

Actor, Composer, Music Department

Born January 1, 1962

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Ben Model is one of the nation's leading silent film accompanists, performing on both piano and theatre organ, and is a resident film accompanist at MoMA (NYC) and the Library of Congress. Ben works full-time presenting and accompanying silent films in a wide variety of venues around the USA and internationally, carrying on a tradition he learned from silent film organist Lee Erwin (1919-2000).

Over the past 30+ years Ben has created and performed live scores for several hundred silent films, films lasting anywhere from one minute to five hours. Ben is a resident film accompanist at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) and at the Library of Congress' Packard Campus Theatre.

His recorded scores can be heard on numerous DVD/Blu-Ray releases, on TCM and on his YouTube channel. His indie DVD label Undercrank Productions has released several discs of rare/lost silent films, including films preserved by the Library of Congress.

Ben is a regular accompanist at classic film festivals around the U.S.A. and in Norway, and performs at universities, museums, and historic theaters. Ben is the producer and co-founder of The Silent Clowns Film Series, now in its 19th season in NYC. Ben has composed film scores for both orchestra and concert band for accompaniment to films by Chaplin and Keaton. These scores are performed around the U.S. every year by both professional and school ensembles.

In his work as a programmer, Ben has co-curated a film series for MoMA, and co-programs a monthly silent film series at the Cinema Arts Center. As archivist of the Ernie Kovacs/Edie Adams collection, he also curated two recent DVD box sets of Ernie Kovacs television shows for Shout! Factory.

He is a Visiting Professor of Film Studies at Wesleyan University.

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Actor

8

Type

Year

Selig: Hollywood's Flawed Pioneer Poster

Selig: Hollywood's Flawed Pioneer Feature Film2025Self

The Silent Comedy Watch Party TV Series2020Self - Host

John Bunny Film's First King of Comedy Poster

John Bunny Film's First King of Comedy Documentary2016Self

Lost Emulsion Documentary2016Self

A Study in Under-Cranking Poster

A Study in Under-Cranking Documentary2015Self

Mysteries at the Monument Poster

Mysteries at the Monument TV Series2013Self - Historian

On Scoring Cops and Helping Silent Films Live Again Poster

On Scoring Cops and Helping Silent Films Live Again Documentary2011Narrator

Harry Langdon: Lost and Found - A Story in Five Parts Poster

Harry Langdon: Lost and Found - A Story in Five Parts Documentary2007Self

Composer

22

Type

Year

Marion Davies: Steward of Her Legacy Short Film2026

The Silent Comedy Watch Party TV Series2020

Cartoon Roots Poster

Cartoon Roots Video2014

The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One Poster

The Mack Sennett Collection: Volume One Video2014

For Better and Worse Short Film2013

The Art of Woo Poster

The Art of Woo Short Film2013

Exploring England with Will Rogers Short Film1927

Roaming the Emerald Isle with Will Rogers Short Film1927

Winging Around Europe with Will Rogers Short Film1927

With Will Rogers in Dublin Short Film1927

Be Your Age Poster

Be Your Age Short Film1926

Dog Shy Short Film1926

Happy Days Poster

Happy Days Short Film1926

The Uneasy Three Poster

The Uneasy Three Short Film1925

Felix Saves the Day Poster

Felix Saves the Day Short Film1922

Sherlock Holmes Poster

Sherlock Holmes Feature Film1922

A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio Poster

A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio Documentary1920

Hearts and Diamonds Poster

Hearts and Diamonds Short Film1914

Shot in the Excitement Poster

Shot in the Excitement Short Film1914

The Faithful Dog; or, True to the End Short Film1907

And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream Poster

And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream Short Film1906

Casey at the Bat Poster

Casey at the Bat Short Film1899

Music Department

12

Type

Year

Champagne Poster

Champagne Feature Film1928

Be Your Age Poster

Be Your Age Short Film1926

Dog Shy Short Film1926

Happy Days Poster

Happy Days Short Film1926

The Uneasy Three Poster

The Uneasy Three Short Film1925

Felix Saves the Day Poster

Felix Saves the Day Short Film1922

A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio Poster

A Tour of the Thomas Ince Studio Documentary1920

Hearts and Diamonds Poster

Hearts and Diamonds Short Film1914

Shot in the Excitement Poster

Shot in the Excitement Short Film1914

The Faithful Dog; or, True to the End Short Film1907

And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream Poster

And the Villain Still Pursued Her; or, the Author's Dream Short Film1906

Casey at the Bat Poster

Casey at the Bat Short Film1899

Producer

5

Type

Year

Marion Davies: Steward of Her Legacy Short Film2026

So Amazingly Perfect They Are Really Weird Video2018

Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) Poster

Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) Feature Film1992

A Wooden Legacy Poster

A Wooden Legacy Short Film1920

Distilled Love Poster

Distilled Love Short Film1920

Thanks

3

The Automat Poster

The Automat Documentary2021

A Cast of Characters: My Wife's Relations Poster

A Cast of Characters: My Wife's Relations Documentary2011

The Play House: An Accidental Masterpiece Poster

The Play House: An Accidental Masterpiece Documentary2011

Director

2

Type

Year

Marion Davies: Steward of Her Legacy Short Film2026

Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) Poster

Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) Feature Film1992

Writer

2

Type

Year

On Scoring Cops and Helping Silent Films Live Again Poster

On Scoring Cops and Helping Silent Films Live Again Documentary2011

Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) Poster

Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) Feature Film1992

Editor

1

Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) Poster

Puerto Rican Mambo (Not a Musical) Feature Film1992

Other Crew

1

Tonight We Sleep in Our Bed Feature Film

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