Acting
Ben Zand
Born 1991-02-02 · Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Ben Zand is an award-winning British-Iranian filmmaker, journalist, producer and director from Liverpool. He makes controversial and thought-provoking documentaries that focus on access and investigations into some of the most controversial characters of our time, such as "R Kelly: Sex Girls and Videotapes", and documentaries that take us to places we may not care to go ourselves, such as "World's Most Dangerous Cities". As well as creating his documentaries, he's worked as a documentary executive at BBC Studios and was the Editor and Head of the BBC's documentary bureau, BBC Pop Up. His work has taken him around the world - meeting some of its most influential, dangerous and fascinating people. He now runs his own production company, ZANDLAND Films.
Acting credits
5.5An examination of the wildest conspiracy of our times. From the biggest names in QAnon to the front-line digital soldiers, what leads people down such a different path?
The Cult of Conspiracy: QAnon
2021
NRSocial experiment hosted by journalist and presenter Ben Zand in which a group of people come together to try to understand what constitutes sexual harassment.
Is This Sexual Harassment?
2019
7.0Benjamin Zand investigates the bizarre and disturbing allegations surrounding the sex life of the U.S. R&B star, including accusations of holding women against their will at his home in Atlanta and running a degrading 'sex cult'.
R Kelly: Sex, Girls and Videotapes
2018
5.0Across Merseyside, there is a name which has been whispered for decades – "Purple Aki". Benjamin Zand goes in search of the truth behind one of the UK's strangest stories.
The Man Who Squeezes Muscles: Searching for Purple Aki
2016
8.0Reporter Ben Zand secures never-before-seen access to the world of `looksmaxxing'. Young men go to extremes to improve their appearance, a trend firmly rooted in the dogma of incels.
The Toxic World Of Perfect Looks
2024
The Internet man is a comment on addiction to the internet and virility, and the terrifying impact it's having on our mental health.
The Curse of the Internet Man
2018
NRClassical music doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being hip. For too long it’s been seen as a stuffy genre for the high cultured elite. WHAT WOULD BEETHOVEN DO? follows a number of renegades, from composers flirting with modern mediums, to young musicians dedicated to changing the narrative, to a man who’s bringing turntablists and orchestras together. Notable artists such as, Bobby McFerrin, Benjamin Zander and Eric Whitacre add their voices to the debate about why classical music is still relevant today.
What Would Beethoven Do?
2016
NRA huge new global protest movement is changing public attitudes to climate change. Reporter Ben Zand gains access to the most high-profile activist group, Extinction Rebellion.
Extinction Rebellion: Last Chance to Save the World?
2019
Behind the camera
5.5An examination of the wildest conspiracy of our times. From the biggest names in QAnon to the front-line digital soldiers, what leads people down such a different path?
The Cult of Conspiracy: QAnon
2021
5.5An examination of the wildest conspiracy of our times. From the biggest names in QAnon to the front-line digital soldiers, what leads people down such a different path?
The Cult of Conspiracy: QAnon
2021
3.0Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War presents the first-hand recollections of IDF soldiers who have broken official silence to share their experiences of the war in Gaza - accounts that may raise serious questions about conduct on the ground and potential breaches of international law. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Ben Zand, the film features exclusive interviews with Israel Defense Forces (IDF), reservists and veterans - many speaking for the first time - who served during the war in Gaza. Their testimonies describe what they recall as indiscriminate bombardment, instances where Palestinian civilians were used as human shields, and an operational culture that some soldiers characterised as “no innocents in Gaza.”
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War
2025
7.0Samuel Little claims to have killed up to 93 women in 40 years. This chilling documentary examines how such a prolific killer could be on the loose for so long.
Confessions of a Serial Killer
2019
8.0Reporter Ben Zand secures never-before-seen access to the world of `looksmaxxing'. Young men go to extremes to improve their appearance, a trend firmly rooted in the dogma of incels.
The Toxic World Of Perfect Looks
2024
The Internet man is a comment on addiction to the internet and virility, and the terrifying impact it's having on our mental health.
The Curse of the Internet Man
2018
NRWhen 33-year-old Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot last year, outside his Marathon clothing store in Crenshaw Boulevard, the city of Los Angeles didn’t just lose one of its best rappers, but also one of its most altruistic community leaders. The shop, just a stone’s throw away from where the artist grew up, was designed to revitalise a downtrodden area, providing jobs for ex-convicts and gang members. It was an extension of Nipsey’s blossoming business empire. The clothing store was situated in a plaza that the rapper owned, and in which he planned to open a barbershop and restaurant. He also owned a co-working space in Crenshaw designed to inspire young black people to enter the world of technology. Advertisement
The Mysterious Murder of Nipsey Hussle
2020
NRWhen 33-year-old Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot last year, outside his Marathon clothing store in Crenshaw Boulevard, the city of Los Angeles didn’t just lose one of its best rappers, but also one of its most altruistic community leaders. The shop, just a stone’s throw away from where the artist grew up, was designed to revitalise a downtrodden area, providing jobs for ex-convicts and gang members. It was an extension of Nipsey’s blossoming business empire. The clothing store was situated in a plaza that the rapper owned, and in which he planned to open a barbershop and restaurant. He also owned a co-working space in Crenshaw designed to inspire young black people to enter the world of technology. Advertisement
The Mysterious Murder of Nipsey Hussle
2020
NRProvides access to locals under Iran’s authoritarian regime and examines the human and geopolitical dimensions of the recent Iranian uprising and conflict that followed.
Inside Iran: War & Revolution
2026
NRA huge new global protest movement is changing public attitudes to climate change. Reporter Ben Zand gains access to the most high-profile activist group, Extinction Rebellion.
Extinction Rebellion: Last Chance to Save the World?
2019