Ben Proudfoot

Born: 1990-10-29, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Biography

Ben Proudfoot (born 29 October 1990) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. He directed The Queen of Basketball, winner of the 2021 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject; as well as co-director with Kris Bowers of the short documentary film A Concerto Is a Conversation, which was an Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021. He and Bowers were also winners of the 2024 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for The Last Repair Shop.

Filmography

• The Baddest Speechwriter of All (2026)
• Mink! (2022)
• The Last Repair Shop (2024)
• Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
• Ink & Paper (2011)
• Doc Albany (2025)
• Dinner With Fred (2011)
• Beautifully Savage (2019)
• The Ox (2013)
• The First Rain (2025)
• A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
• The Eyes of Ghana (2025)
• If You Have: The Untold Story of UNICEF (2022)
• Kim I Am (2019)
• The Final Copy of Ilon Specht (2024)
• That's My Jazz (2019)
• Kunstglaser (2017)
• The Unchosen One (2021)
• A Love Letter to Lisbon (2017)
• Forgiving Johnny (2023)
• The Queen of Basketball (2021)
• Calvin (2020)
• The Catalyte Story (2018)
• Humberto (2020)
• The Best Chef in the World (2022)
• The King of Fish and Chips (2019)
• The Silent Pulse of the Universe (2021)
• Paper Ruscha (2015)
• Turns (2015)
• The First Report (2022)