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BENJAMIN WELLINGTON
FILM EDITOR
ROADS OF FIRE (2025)
The lives of a human smuggler transporting refugees to the Darién Gap, an asylum seeker in New York City, and volunteers on the frontlines of a humanitarian crisis interweave in a harrowing examination of the global migration crisis.
Winner of Best Feature Documentary at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Production: Lezra Films
Director: Nathaniel Lezra
Executive Producers: Nicole Tao, David Wu
Nathaniel Lezra, Malcolm Bird, Benjamin Wellington
Producers: Nathaniel Lezra, Malcolm Bird, Joél Inchaustegui, Camilo Sanchez
Associate Producer: Braulio Jatar
DP: Nathaniel Lezra
Additional Cinematography: Braulio Jatar, Raul Hernandez, David Peinado, Mitch Blummer, Sammy Levine
Editor: Benjamin Wellington
Music: Peter M. Murray
VFX Artists: Delaney Porter, Jesse Samaritano, Eric Schwalbe
Graphic Artists: Benedict McNamara, Allen Ross
Post Audio Mixer: Roman Zeitlin
Colorist: Daniel Orentlicher
Winner of Best Feature Documentary at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
Production: Lezra Films
Director: Nathaniel Lezra
Executive Producers: Nicole Tao, David Wu
Nathaniel Lezra, Malcolm Bird, Benjamin Wellington
Producers: Nathaniel Lezra, Malcolm Bird, Joél Inchaustegui, Camilo Sanchez
Associate Producer: Braulio Jatar
DP: Nathaniel Lezra
Additional Cinematography: Braulio Jatar, Raul Hernandez, David Peinado, Mitch Blummer, Sammy Levine
Editor: Benjamin Wellington
Music: Peter M. Murray
VFX Artists: Delaney Porter, Jesse Samaritano, Eric Schwalbe
Graphic Artists: Benedict McNamara, Allen Ross
Post Audio Mixer: Roman Zeitlin
Colorist: Daniel Orentlicher
DON'T LEAVE ME BEHIND (2023)
The fears and resiliencies within a group of teenage refugees from Ukraine are examined in this intimate feature documentary special that brings the camera steps away from the front lines to the Ukraine-Poland border.
Studio and Network: Paramount, MTV
Production: Lezra Films and Collective Media Group
Director, EP: Nathaniel Lezra
Executive Producers: Nathaniel Lezra, Malcolm Bird, Nina Diaz, Lily Neumeyer, Ben Hurvitz, Pamela A. Aguilar
Creative Producer: Elizaveta Goroshnikova
Story Producer: Iuliia Stashevska
DP: Antonio Cisneros
Co-DP(s): Khrystina Lizogub, Grzegorz Hartfiel
Editor: Benjamin Wellington
Studio and Network: Paramount, MTV
Production: Lezra Films and Collective Media Group
Director, EP: Nathaniel Lezra
Executive Producers: Nathaniel Lezra, Malcolm Bird, Nina Diaz, Lily Neumeyer, Ben Hurvitz, Pamela A. Aguilar
Creative Producer: Elizaveta Goroshnikova
Story Producer: Iuliia Stashevska
DP: Antonio Cisneros
Co-DP(s): Khrystina Lizogub, Grzegorz Hartfiel
Editor: Benjamin Wellington
13TH STEPPING (2022)
13TH STEPPING follows Lily, a freshly sober actress with an insatiable appetite for escaping her unbearable reality. A provocative glimpse into addiction and redemption wrapped up in a dark comedy-drama. Welcome to the Saturday Night Alive Group of Alcoholics Anonymous. Hang on tight. Recovery is a bumpy ride.
Executive Producer: Emily Ruhl
Produced By: Nathaniel Lezra
Written & Directed By: Emily Ruhl
DP: Matthew Tompkins
Edited By: Benjamin Wellington
Colorist: Daniel Orentlicher
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer: Roman Zeitlin
Visual Effects Artist: Delaney Porter
Executive Producer: Emily Ruhl
Produced By: Nathaniel Lezra
Written & Directed By: Emily Ruhl
DP: Matthew Tompkins
Edited By: Benjamin Wellington
Colorist: Daniel Orentlicher
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer: Roman Zeitlin
Visual Effects Artist: Delaney Porter
BLUE MOON (2021)
BLUE MOON is a vibrant vignette of a love story that takes place in a single night. It follows two young women through Los Angeles as they explore the depths of themselves and one another. A beautiful portrait of how nurturing mutual vulnerability can turn into pure magic.
Executive Producer: Emily Ruhl
Produced By: Nathaniel Lezra
Written & Directed By: Emily Ruhl
DP: Matthew Tompkins
Edited By: Benjamin Wellington
Colorist: Daniel Orentlicher
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer: Roman Zeitlin
Visual Effects Artist: Delaney Porter
Executive Producer: Emily Ruhl
Produced By: Nathaniel Lezra
Written & Directed By: Emily Ruhl
DP: Matthew Tompkins
Edited By: Benjamin Wellington
Colorist: Daniel Orentlicher
Sound Designer & Re-Recording Mixer: Roman Zeitlin
Visual Effects Artist: Delaney Porter
WANDER (2015)
When a man suffering from Alzheimer's disease wanders out of his house, his daughter is forced to examine the role she plays in his life.
SWEEPSTAKES (2014)
When her husband suffers a neurological complication, a new mother is left to face the life she could have had.
WORLD PREMIERE : 2014 Tribeca Film Festival
Nominated for 2014 Narrative Student Academy Award
Funded in part by the Princess Grace Foundation
Starring Maria Dizzia and Peter Patrikios
WORLD PREMIERE : 2014 Tribeca Film Festival
Nominated for 2014 Narrative Student Academy Award
Funded in part by the Princess Grace Foundation
Starring Maria Dizzia and Peter Patrikios
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