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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 he won the British Comedy Guide Spring Sitcom writing competition with his pilot script, THE TWINS. He was also selected to become a member of BAFTA CONNECT.
His debut feature film MY DOG MADE ME DO IT is 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 as well as Sunil Patel and Rebecca Shorrocks.
His previous shorts BLEEP, TALK RADIO and QUIET CARRIAGE have screened at festivals including LSFF, Frightfest, Aesthetica, Encounters, LOCO and LA Shorts before featuring on flagship platforms including Short Of The Week and Omeleto.
When not making films he's testing out new material on his unsuspecting wife, children, cat and dog whilst also grieving for his dead hamster, Rhino.
Ben is represented by Steven Russell. He is a member of DIRECTORS UK.
Ben won the 2023 BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy feature competition with his script, JUMPERS. In the same year he won the British Comedy Guide Spring Sitcom writing competition with his pilot script, THE TWINS. He was also selected to become a member of BAFTA CONNECT.
His debut feature film MY DOG MADE ME DO IT is 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 as well as Sunil Patel and Rebecca Shorrocks.
His previous shorts BLEEP, TALK RADIO and QUIET CARRIAGE have screened at festivals including LSFF, Frightfest, Aesthetica, Encounters, LOCO and LA Shorts before featuring on flagship platforms including Short Of The Week and Omeleto.
When not making films he's testing out new material on his unsuspecting wife, children, cat and dog whilst also grieving for his dead hamster, Rhino.
Ben is represented by Steven Russell. He is a member of DIRECTORS UK.
IN DEVELOPMENT
TV
TV
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THE LAST GARY
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Comedy.
Script available. |
After discovering that he might be the last person on earth called Gary, a middle-aged loser goes on a journey, with the help of his odd friends, to find out what makes him special.
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THE TWINS
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Comedy.
Script available. |
Middle-aged fraternal twins, Luke and Lou have their world turned upside down when they’re forced to move back home with their overbearing parents and quickly revert to factory settings as they navigate life back in the town they grew up in desperate to leave.
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BUMP
(co-writer) |
Comedy.
Script available. |
A bereaved husband and his late wife’s estranged sister embark on a tumultuous surrogacy journey, grappling with their mutual animosity and shared sorrow, as they attempt to honour the deceased’s last wish for a family.
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BULLIES
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Comedy.
Script available. |
After surviving a suicide attempt a serial loser is reunited with his estranged school friend and the two revisit a thirty-year-old plan to murder their childhood bullies but as the reality of the situation dawns on them, will they choose forgiveness or revenge?
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SMARTEST IN THE ROOM
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Comedy.
Script available. |
Former child genius, Ted Trimble goes from pub to pub winning all the quizzes and humiliating teams along the way, but when he runs out of quizzes to enter he finds a group of outcasts that are equally as lost as he is. Through friendship, he discovers that life isn’t about knowing all of the answers but that true power comes from writing all the questions.
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THE PACK
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Comedy.
Script available. |
After a particularly destructive night, Ethan takes his four-legged wanker of a dog to obedience training as a last-ditch attempt to salvage any chance of them being able to navigate their lives together. Here he meets an eclectic group of dog people. The Pack is a comedy series about love, friendship and furry companions.
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DADMAN AND LEX
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Comedy.
Script available. |
Struggling to adapt to being the primary carer for his newborn son, Ian, an aspiring comic book artist forms an unlikely friendship with fellow new dad (and part-time criminal) Lex, but as their friendship blossoms, Ian becomes seduced by the life of petty crime.
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FILM
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JUMPERS
(writer) |
Feature.
Script available. |
A sensible jilted groom and an erratic runaway bride have a chance encounter at a known suicide spot and they agree to twenty-four hours of carnage without lasting consequences but as their behaviour attracts angry drug dealers, corrupt police officers and disappointed family members their self-destructive behaviour may force them to see why life is worth living.
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COSTA DEL MONSTRUO
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Feature.
Script available. |
After being diagnosed with a terminal illness a risk-adverse loss adjuster books a last-minute villa in Spain for his old university friends but things turn deadly when locals hunt them as a ritualistic sacrifice to appease the creature that lives inside the mountain.
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WHEN IT RAINS
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Feature.
Treatment available. |
After the suspected drowning of their son, a grieving couple’s relationship is pushed to the breaking point when they find an infant monster at the bottom of the garden and decide to raise it as their own but as the creature’s blood lust increases the cracks in their marriage begin to grow deeper.
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SQUAT
(writer) |
Feature.
IN DEVELOPMENT. |
After being locked inside a derelict building due for demolition a sensible housing officer and his activist sister are forced to confront a longstanding family conflict, however, as the clock ticks down to demolition, they quickly realise that something else is trapped inside with them.
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SUPERFECUNDATION
(writer) |
Feature.
IN DEVELOPMENT. |
On their eighteenth birthday, inseparable twin sisters discover they have different fathers and they embark on a road trip to find the identity of both men but as they discover lineage it also makes them reflect on their own identity as twins.
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OFF SEASON
(writer) |
Feature.
IN DEVELOPMENT. |
After another poor summer season, a strapped-for-cash holiday park owner decides to rent his property to a mysterious group but soon discovers they’re a devil-worshipping cult intent on bringing the dark lord back to earth for the end of days, so he must decide whether clearing his debt is more important than saving his soul.
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CREDITS
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THE SNIP
(writer/director) |
Short film.
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Determined to not have any more kids, a dim witted dad reluctantly goes for a vasectomy. 2023.
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BLEEP
(writer/director) |
Short film.
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A bickering couple, stuck on the same nightly argument, must unite to find a mysterious noise that's woken them from their slumber. 2022.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH |
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TALK RADIO
(writer/director) |
Short film.
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Pauline and Barry are a seemingly happily married middle-aged couple. That is until Pauline tunes into relationship hour on Talk Radio and thinks she recognizes the nameless voice that's relaying a lifetime of regrets live on the radio. 2020.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH |
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QUIET CARRIAGE
(writer/director) |
Short film.
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A man must decide whether to intervene and stop a casual commuting rule breaker, or live with a lifetime of regret. A comedy about a passive man with an overactive imagination. 2019.
CLICK HERE TO WATCH |
