Biography

Ben Travers is a producer, writer, and director who has spent the last decade working on award-winning documentary films and TV programs for Netflix, VICE, CRAVE (Bell Media), CBC, TVO, and PBS America. His career in television started after a stint working in journalism and media advocacy in central Africa led him to Wide Angle, then PBS's flagship show for long-form foreign reporting, and a position on the groundbreaking series Women, War, and Peace, which examined the critical role women play in brokering solutions to modern conflicts. In more recent years he has worked on a series of critically praised documentary series, including Payday for VICELAND, which explored the financial realities of millennials in today's economy; Sinking Cities for PBS America, which investigated how international urban centers are adapting to rising seas and extreme weather; and an 8-part criminal justice series slated to debut on Netflix in Fall 2020, produced alongside the Oscar-winning filmmakers behind the landmark documentary series The Staircase.
- IMDb mini biography by: 90th Parallel Film and Television Productions