“The world is my set. People are my subject.”
Mark Anthony Benson doesn’t wait for moments — he directs them.
A Brooklyn-based filmmaker and photographer with a nomadic soul, Mark works at the intersection of documentary truth and cinematic vision. His lens finds what most people walk past — the unguarded expression, the charged silence, the story happening between the lines.
His portrait work is defined by intimacy. Subjects don’t perform for his camera — they reveal themselves to it. That trust is earned through presence, humor, and a genuine curiosity about human beings that has followed Mark across continents.
FILM
24:1 — Writer, Director — 2022
★ Best Dramatic Short · ★ Best Sci-Fi Short
Something Different — Writer, Director, Producer — 2017
iF — Director, Co-Producer — 2013
Casual Friday — Writer, Director, Producer — 2011
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS & AWARDS
Awesome Film Festival — 2023
★ Winner, Best Dramatic Short
Mayavaram International Film Festival — 2023
★ Winner, Best Sci-Fi Short
Lift-Off Sessions · Lonely Wolf · Portuguese Lemur · Dirty Popcorn — 2022–2023
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS
We Bloom Here — AMPM Gallery, Brooklyn NY — 2026
Juneteenth — Monad Gallery, Brooklyn NY — 2025
KinShips — Gallery CA, Baltimore MD — 2019
Available for portrait commissions, editorial, and commercial collaboration