After studying graphic design and typography Ben landed his first job as a designer at an advertising agency and developed skills in art direction, joining Scottish agency The Union in 2004 as an art director. Working closely with directors on numerous award-winning ad campaigns, he began to direct commercials himself. Experimenting with CGI and film-making techniques led him to direct his first short ‘Modern Times’. Epic and ambitious in execution it has resulted in worldwide attention from the film industry and from HLA who signed him exclusively for commercials representation.