Jes Benstock (b.1964, Glasgow) is a founding member of the comic stage troupe The Merry Mac Fun Show, based in Edinburgh (1984). He studied production at Newcastle Polytechnic (1987–1990), made children’s programmes for Scottish television, and ultimately mastered all manner of audiovisual techniques and professions. He teamed up with actress Tilda Swinton to make The Box (1996, co-dir. Luke Losey), a music video for the band Orbital. Today he is an award-winning creator of short experimental documentaries, animated and feature films, and music clips. Filmography (selection, shorts): Poof (1999), the documentaries Orders of Love (2004) and The Holocaust Tourist (2005), the TV doc. series “Reel London” (2006), and the portrait of “heretical” scientist Rupert Sheldrake The Man with the Extended Mind (2006). He co-founded the production company Living Cinema in 2007.
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