A graduate of Yale College (B.A. Philosophy, 1991) and Columbia University School of the Arts (M.F.A. Film, Directing Concentration, 1999), Ben Wolf has worked professionally in film and video since completing his M.F.A. course-work in 1996.

While a student at Columbia, Mr. Wolf wrote, directed, and edited two award-winning shorts. Prizes received include Best Student Work at the Arizona Cinema Shorts Festival, Juror’s Citation Award at the Black Maria Film and Video Festival, 2^nd Place, Fiction Category at the New York State Student Film/Video Festival, Best Video at the Polo Ralph Lauren New Works Festival, Best Video Narrative at the Utah Short Film & Video Festival, and Best Video Short at the Long Island Film Expo.

In their last year of film school, Mr. Wolf and his wife/business partner Nara Garber formed Topiary Productions Inc., a boutique film and video production company capable of taking projects from screenplay through the final edit. Through Topiary, Ben has worked in many capacities on a wide variety of projects, including:

FEATURES – Director of Photography of the digital features Be My Boy, Have I Got a Script for You, Show Me The Aliens! (2^nd unit, GenArt Film Festival), Fat Chance (San Jose Cinequest Film Festival), Amour Infinity (Urban World Film Festival, Best Film Jamerican Film Festival, Audience Choice Award Hollywood Black Film Festival), and City Alone. Editor of the director’s cut of the feature film Goosed, directed by Aleta Chappelle and starring Jennifer Tilly.

DOCUMENTARIES – Editor of the feature documentary Gladys, directed by distinguished Czech film-maker Vojtech Jasny and distributed by Productions La Fete, Canada. Cinematographer for the documentary Picture the Homeless.

TELEVISION – Director of Photography for Bravo’s The It Factor. Shooter for Columbia Tristar’s Judge Hatchett and The Independent Film Channel’s DV Theater. Director and editor of bicycle racing coverage for Outdoor Life Network. Shooter and editor of Southeast Asian television programming for Interactive Media/Zee TV.

INDUSTRIALS – Director and editor of legal education videos for Emanuel Publishing Corp. Director of Photography of corporate videos for Winstar Communications and Bayer Pharmeceuticals. Director of Photography of webcasts for Agency.com.

TEACHING – The Topiary duo are teaching an ongoing series of seminars on digital filmmaking through DV New York.

Mr. Wolf is currently directing a long-form documentary Amateur and developing his first narrative feature Broadway.