Biography

Ben S. Hyland is a BAFTA Rocliffe winning comedy writer/director.

Ben won the 2023 BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy feature competition with his script, Jumpers. In the same year, Ben was selected as a member of BAFTA Connect.

His feature film, My Dog Made Me Do It, has been developed over the last few years and has been pitched at Film London PFM, Berlin Film Market and Galway Film Market. It's scheduled to shoot in 2024.

Ben has written and directed a cluster of successful comedy short films. His most recent, The Snip, stars Edinburgh Fringe winner Ciaran Dowd, alongside Sunil Patel and Rebecca Shorrocks. The film has already been selected for Bolton, Aesthetica, The Shortest Nights and Edmonton.

His short, Bleep, stars Rebecca Shorrocks, Paul F. Taylor and Toby Williams. It premiered at Frightfest and has gone on to screen at Aesthetica, Cleveland, and LSFF to name a few.

His film Talk Radio stars the hilarious Julia Deakin, Pearce Quigley and Tim Key and has screened at multiple BAFTA and OSCAR qualifying festivals such as Show Me Shorts, Encounters, Aesthetica and LSFF before finding a home on YouTube channel, Omeleto.

Ben has an online sitcom called Angry Quiz Guy that stars Nick Helm, Rachel Stubbings and Amit Shah.

His film Quiet Carriagge starring Amit Shah and Emma Sidi has played at BAFTA and OSCAR qualifying festivals such as LOCO, Aesthetica, Aspen, Rhode Island, LA Shorts, Norwich, Encounters and LSFF before finding a home online on Short-of-the-Week.

Ben has been long-listed for Netflix Breakout 2022 and also shortlisted for Channel 4 #4Stories 2022.

Ben is a member of Directors UK.
- IMDb mini biography by: Ben S. Hyland