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Benjamin Budd is a multi-produced, award-winning screenwriter recognized for his work across mixed narratives involving political intrigue and fractured relationships within drama, comedy, action-thriller, and Transcendentalism genres. He brings a rich background spanning conflict, crime, academia, geopolitics, Fine Art, and more.
With over 20 years in film and television, Ben has also explored international interests. After earning an undergraduate degree in the Arts and gaining early experience in advertising’s collaborative settings, he pursued his passions in film, talent, comedy, and writing, placing in prestigious contests such as the Nicholl and the Page International.
Seizing the chance to study abroad, Ben earned an MA focused on irregular conflict and crime in post-conflict zones within International Relations in Britain, then began writing feature films for a US-based production company.
In 2013, Ben took a position teaching at a grade school in Kurdish Northern Iraq, including working with Internally Displaced Children. Living without local security in Erbil for two years, he witnessed the fall of Mosul just 40 miles west and an attack on the nearby Ministry of Justice. His travels throughout the region include Kirkuk, Halabja, Diyarbakir, Sulimainyah, and an unplanned bus journey through the Mosul suburbs.
Ben survived a car bomb and small arms attack near the US consulate in Ainkawa on April 17, 2015.
Alongside his screenwriting, Ben has conducted ad hoc country risk analyses and consulted on extremism and media, focusing on epistemic identity’s constitutive nature. He has published on the topic and presented a paper in London. Pursuing high-risk security training in South Africa, he volunteered night shifts in a mobile ambulance in Cape Town shantytowns where body armor was mandatory. He has instructed Hostile Environment Awareness Training for deploying humanitarians, including a prominent A-list actress, and provides remote production security for media teams, such as during unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
In 2025, Ben was a guest speaker at Leiden University’s campus in The Hague, Netherlands, collaborating with postgraduate students using creative writing to explore future warfare scenarios.
