Ben Segneri
Biography
Ben Segneri is a 20 year old Franco-American filmmaker currently (2026) studying Film at the University of Kent. Having started making stop motion animations at just 10 years old, Ben continued writing short films and music pieces with his friends, graduating high school with a French Baccalaureate specialized in film, before moving to England where he participated in making 20+ short films, and won national awards in screenwriting, score composition, and directing in his time at university. Having written and scored Just Be Yourself, an MGM-style musical, written an award winning score for the horror short "Hungry and Hunted", managed special effects for the post-apocalyptic short "Death at the End", written the script "Johnny the Friendly Zombie", which was nominated for Best Screenplay at the BOBA Awards, and acted and crewed for many other projects, "Iris and Asriel", which he wrote, scored and directed, is his most ambitious project to date; a deeply emotional short that explores themes of identity, memory, and the importance of art, winning the awards for Best Directing, Best Writing, and Best Score at the UKC Young Filmmakers Festival, Honourable Mention at the Folkestone Film Festival, and most importantly, a Bronze for Directing at the National Student Television Awards (NaSTA) on top of being shortlisted for Writing and Drama. Thanks to his success with Iris and Asriel (2025), he was elected Head of Fictional Productions for Kent Television (KTV) in 2025, where Ben he lead a team of 120 people to produce KTV's yearly 8 short films over 45 shoots with a £900 budget. Additionally, he taught a screenwriting course for KTV, participated in its board of directors, and organized the 2026 KTV Film Festival, amounting to profit of over £1000.
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