Ben Pearson
School
University Of Florida
Expertise
Hollywood History, Game Of Thrones, The Fast And Furious Franchise
- Ben is a member of the Southeastern Film Critics Association.
- He has produced and recorded hundreds of hours of podcasts devoted to film and television over the last decade.
- Ben also worked at Paramount Pictures, where he was able to gain valuable experience and first-hand insights into how the industry really operates.
Experience
Ben has been writing professionally about film and television since 2009. He has attended and covered the Sundance Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, AFI Fest, San Diego Comic-Con, CinemaCon, and other major events, and he's traveled to multiple countries to report on movies being filmed. He has interviewed hundreds of directors, writers, actors, and craftspeople over the course of his career. Ben has worked as a writer and editor at several movie websites, and joined /Film in 2017. He co-hosts the /Film Daily podcast.
Education
Ben graduated from the University of Florida in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Telecommunications.
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Stories By Ben Pearson
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Want to win a new Star Wars strategy game? Here's how!
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Netflix is staying in business with the Duffer Brothers.
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/Film spoke with some of the most famous voice actors on the planet to find out if they believe AI is going to make them obsolete.
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'The hardest things to shoot were some of the things that you would not expect, like four people in an office.'
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'There was a giant chase set piece that had him leaping through the wall of a subway train...'
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'What makes an Amblin movie work is that it is about these families and these characters who are really struggling to connect.'
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'It was a challenge to dress 1,000 men on the battlefield and do it in a way that I didn't spend my whole budget.'
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'You can tell what actor isn't popping, when you're in a show, by who the writers leave out when they're pitching jokes.'
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'[We could have] every single melody, every single theme from the movie come back all at the same time...'
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'I'm now at what feels like an unusual situation for me of not having the next movie script ready to go, or even knowing exactly what it'll be.'
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The new movie hits theaters this week and lands on Apple TV+ on February 24.