Ben Proudfoot
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Bio
Ben Proudfoot is a Canadian documentary filmmaker born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who studied at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. His 2011 class project ink&paper became a Vimeo Staff Pick, and in 2012 he founded Breakwater Studios to produce short documentaries. His partnership with The New York Times produced A Concerto Is a Conversation, nominated at the 93rd Academy Awards, and The Queen of Basketball, which won the Oscar for best documentary short. In 2024 he won a second Oscar for The Last Repair Shop, made with Kris Bowers. His feature documentary The Eyes of Ghana premiered at TIFF in 2025.
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The Queen of Basketball (2021)New York Times OpinionAcademy Award, Best Documentary Short Subject, 94th Oscars
A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)New York Times OpinionAcademy Award nominee, Best Documentary Short Subject, 93rd Oscars
The Last Repair Shop (2023)Los Angeles TimesAcademy Award, Best Documentary Short Film, 2024