Ben Addelman (born 1977) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is known for directing four
documentaries: ''
Discordia'', ''
Bombay Calling
''Bombay Calling'' is a 2006 feature documentary film directed by Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada which follows the journey of Kaz Lalani the pioneer of Call Centre Outsourcing. ''Bombay Calling'' ...
'', ''
Nollywood Babylon'', and ''Kivalina vs. Exxon''. Besides directing, he is known for work as a cinematographer, screenwriter and sound designer.
Career
His first film ''
Discordia'' (2004) co-directed with
Samir Mallal follows three students during the aftermath of the
Netenyahu Incident at Concordia University in Montreal in 2002.
His second film, ''
Bombay Calling
''Bombay Calling'' is a 2006 feature documentary film directed by Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada which follows the journey of Kaz Lalani the pioneer of Call Centre Outsourcing. ''Bombay Calling'' ...
'' (2006) also co-directed with
Samir Mallal follows the lives of
telemarketers working
outsource
Outsourcing is an agreement in which one company hires another company to be responsible for a planned or existing activity which otherwise is or could be carried out internally, i.e. in-house, and sometimes involves transferring employees and ...
d jobs in a
call center
A call centre ( Commonwealth spelling) or call center (American spelling; see spelling differences) is a managed capability that can be centralised or remote that is used for receiving or transmitting a large volume of enquiries by telephone. ...
in Bombay (
Mumbai), India. Both films were produced by
Adam Symansky
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Book of Genesis, Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a coll ...
from the
National Film Board of Canada.
His third film, ''
Nollywood Babylon'' (2008)
with co-director Samir Mallal, a documentary co-produced with the
National Film Board of Canada in association with the Documentary Channel is about the explosive popularity of Nigerian movies.
His fourth film, ''Kivalina v. Exxon'' (2011), follows the efforts of a small town in Alaska in a lawsuit against the oil and gas industries for climate change-related damages.
He has directed documentary television for Vice, Apple TV+, Disney+ and BBC. A recent Apple TV+ show that he was a director on is
Becoming You
''Becoming You'' is a documentary television series created by Wall to Wall Media and narrated by Olivia Colman. The series was released on November 13, 2020 on Apple TV+.
Premise
''Becoming You'' follows 100 children from across the world t ...
.
Awards
*In 2009, he was nominated with co-director Samir Mallal for "Best World Cinema - Documentary" award during
2009 Sundance Film Festival
The 2009 Sundance Film Festival was held during January 15, 2009 until January 25 in Park City, Utah. It was the 25th iteration of the Sundance Film Festival.
Award winners
*Grand Jury Prize: Documentary - ''We Live in Public''
*Grand Jury Prize: ...
for the film ''Nollywood Babylon''.
*Won Best Documentary at the
Whistler Film Festival in 2011 for ''Kivalina V. Exxon''.
References
External links
*
NFB page of Ben AddelmanDiscordiaBombay CallingNollywood Babylon
Canadian documentary film directors
Film directors from Montreal
Living people
Anglophone Quebec people
Concordia University alumni
1977 births
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