
Directing
Ben Garchar
Born 1985-12-02 · Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Ben Garchar is a director and editor whose work spans documentary and fiction. As an editor, he’s collaborated with first-time directors and Oscar winners alike on films that have played at Sundance, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Full Frame, and MoMA. As a director, his award-winning shorts have played internationally, including Clermont-Ferrand, Sheffield DocFest, Raindance, DC Shorts, and BAMcinemaFest.
Acting credits
Behind the camera
NRAs the new World Trade Center tower rises, a photographer obsessed with 9/11 falls for a mysterious woman.
The Ascent
2013
NRAs the new World Trade Center tower rises, a photographer obsessed with 9/11 falls for a mysterious woman.
The Ascent
2013
NRA story of everlasting love told throughout space and time.
Fleeting
2016
NRThe lives of three strangers-a pigeon keeper, a webcam model, and a man haunted by ghosts-intertwine mysteriously amidst the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Bushwick.
Neighborhood
2019
NRThe lives of three strangers-a pigeon keeper, a webcam model, and a man haunted by ghosts-intertwine mysteriously amidst the backdrop of a rapidly gentrifying Bushwick.
Neighborhood
2019
NRA struggling expat living in Berlin spirals toward homicide when his unrequited love reveals a dark secret.
JAKE
2016
NRA struggling expat living in Berlin spirals toward homicide when his unrequited love reveals a dark secret.
JAKE
2016
NRA struggling expat living in Berlin spirals toward homicide when his unrequited love reveals a dark secret.
JAKE
2016
NRA spaceman tries to save a woman from Earth's imminent destruction.
LUV U
2014
5.0Jake, Midwest High School's star long distance runner, is overtaken by anorexia and sexual fantasy.
RUN to ME RUN from ME
2009
5.0Jake, Midwest High School's star long distance runner, is overtaken by anorexia and sexual fantasy.
RUN to ME RUN from ME
2009
NRThe creation of a pop star and her inevitable downfall.
Gloria Valentine
2013
NRThe creation of a pop star and her inevitable downfall.
Gloria Valentine
2013
NRAre there boundaries of cinema and reality in one encompassing tracking shot?
Somewhere Never Traveled
2010
NRAre there boundaries of cinema and reality in one encompassing tracking shot?
Somewhere Never Traveled
2010
NRA filmmaker's love of cinema is traced back through the life experiences of his father and grandfather.
Fathers and Sons
2016
NRA meditation on lockdown, isolation, and yearning.
the view from where i see it
2025
NRA meditation on lockdown, isolation, and yearning.
the view from where i see it
2025
NRFootage lost, then found, an audiovisual dispatch from timeless Havana.
Havana 15-21/16 December
2023
NRAn audiovisual diary. NYC: 2009 - 2014
Things Seen Things Heard
2021
NRTwo strangers. Late night. New York City.
Broadway
2013
NRTwo strangers. Late night. New York City.
Broadway
2013
