Chengdu Unit Director
Ben Mullinkosson was raised in the suburbs of Chicago and trained in observational documentary production at Chapman University. After graduating Ben spent 11 years directing commercial work and documentary films between Los Angeles and Shanghai.
Ben recently released his second feature length film, The Last Year of Darkness on MUBI. The film won the special jury mention at CPH:dox and was sold by CAA.
He is most well known for his feature length film Don’t Be a Dick About It which won the Audience Award at the International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam in 2018 and is currently distributed in North America by Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Among Ben’s advertisements, his project Samsung: Voices of Life with Agency Leo Burnett won a silver lion at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival in 2016. His UNESCO World Heritage Ad with agency TBWA, The Left Hand, was nominated for the ADC awards in 2020. His other clients include Facebook, Yelp, The Home Depot, VANS, Converse, Apple, Red Bull, VICE and Nowness.
His short film, Gnarly in Pink, premiered at Tribeca Film Festival in 2013 and premiered online as a NYT Op-Doc. A number of his other short films have received Vimeo Staff Picks and others have millions of views.
Ben is repped for commercials by Florence. He also speaks Chinese fluently and is an X Games gold medalist for halfpipe skateboard competition in China.
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PERSONAL EMAIL: benmullinkosson@gmail.com