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Ben Cawiezell serves as a vendor for Multi-Camera Live Event Video Productions, as a DP, Video Editor, Director for New York Times Events.
Ben Cawiezell directed this multi-camera video of oome of Broadway’s brightest stars performed songs from this season’s Broadway musicals — exclusively for The Times — just days after the Tony nominees were announced. They sampled performances from “Ain’t Too Proud,” “Be More Chill,” “The Cher Show,” “Hadestown,” “Oklahoma,” “The Prom” and “Tootsie.” Theater reporter Michael Paulson hosted and spoke with cast and other creative team members behind these new works. This event was brought to you by New York Times Subscriber Events on Monday, May 6, 2019.
PANEL- "The New York Times Opinion Live With Rachel Dry." Performances, comedy and conversation with Opinion columnist Maureen Dowd and other Times Opinion contributors JiJi Lee, Josh Gondelman and Maris Kreizman. Rachel Dry, the editor of Sunday Review, hosted the event. January 22, 2018. The TimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, NYC.
CONVERSATION- “Civilian Casualties of the War on Terror.”
A rare convergence of experts on the human costs of war will discuss the often-ignored outgrowth of the global war on terror: two decades of civilian casualties. Times journalist and Marine Corps infantry veteran C. J. Chivers, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his 2016 story about an Afghan war veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, moderated the discussion. The panelists were Alissa J. Rubin, the Times Paris bureau chief who won a Pulitzer Prize for foreign reporting on Afghanistan in 2015; Azmat Khan, an investigative reporter and New York Times Magazine contributor, who uncovered civilian casualties among nearly 150 airstrike sites across northern Iraq; and writer Brian Castner, a veteran of the Iraq war and weapons expert for Amnesty International’s crisis team, who also investigates war crimes and human rights violations. Tuesday, February 5, 2019. The New School. John L. Tishman Auditorium, 63 Fifth Avenue, NYC.
Ben Cawiezell worked as a vendor, serving as a Multi-Camera Event Video Producer, DP, Video Editor, Director for the New York Times Events:
Hosts of “Still Processing,” Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morris, chewed the proverbial fat with Samin Nosrat, “America’s next great cooking teacher” (Alice Waters). Celebrating the launch of Nosrat’s new Netflix series — based on her best-selling cookbook “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” — this delectable evening offered foodies and culture buffs alike a deep dive into the elements of good food and great conversation. Friday, October 12, 2018. The New School. 66 West 12th Streey, NYC. “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” launched globally on Netflix on October 11, 2018.
Ben Cawiezell served as Director of Photography for the video for Willy Chavarria written up in the NY TIMES and featured on HYPE BEAST for NYFW SS18.
https://hypebeast.com/2018/3/willy-chavarria-spring-summer-2018-cruising-video
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/fashion/mens-style/willy-chavarria-nyfwm-fashion-week.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/fashion/new-york-fashion-week-mens-todd-snyder-willy-chavarria.html
Bedford + Bowery is where downtown Manhattan and North Brooklyn intersect: a New York magazine site/blog produced by NYU Journalism and NY Magazine, covering the East Village, Lower East Side, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bushwick, and beyond. "Meet The Regulars" is a interview show on the site hosted by Josh D. Fischer. Kevin Corrigan an actor known for his roles in Goodfellas, The Departed, True Romance, Living in Oblivion, Super Bad, Pinneapple Express, among others. Ben Cawiezell Produced and Edited this interview about film, his favorite hang, and other stories.
My Hometown is a web series on the Travel Channel's website. Ben Cawiezell edited this episode about Coney Island. Anthony Melchiorri, hospitality expert and television personality, guest hosted this spot. Anthony is the creator, co-executive producer and host of the Travel Channel's hotel turnaround show Hotel Impossible.
Ben Cawiezell was commissioned to edit public service announcements by Jason Silva with sponsorship and images courtesy of Shutterstock. Ben and Jason also sourced images from The Imaginary Foundation, NASA and public domain archival footage.
Jason Silva is the Emmy-nominated host of National Geographic Channel’s #1 rated and Emmy-nominated series, Brain Games, seen in over 100 countries.
“A Timothy Leary of the Viral Video Age” was how The Atlantic described television personality, filmmaker and philosopher Silva, who has also been described as “part Timothy Leary, part Ray Kurzweil, and part Neo from ‘The Matrix.”
A self-professed wonderjunkie, Silva is the creator of the web series SHOTS OF AWE, micro-documentaries exploring creativity, innovation, the co-evolution of human and technology, futurism, metaphysics, existentialism and the human condition.
Ben Cawiezell serves as Director of Production for beautifulsavage.com. We produce a series of 3 camera interviews with host Chad Saville Editor-in-Chief of Beautiful Savage, Full Length 3 camera runway coverage of Fashion Shows for NYFW, Trailers for upcoming Books, Movies, Magazine Issues, Conceptual Fashion Videos, IG Videos, GIFS, Behind the Scenes Videos for your website, Event Coverage, Music Videos, and Dance Films. And so much more.
Blue Osa Yoga is a Retreat and Spa nestled off-the-beaten-path in the virgin Costa Rican rainforest of the Southern Osa Peninsula, the second most bio-diverse place in the World. Ben Cawiezell served as the house videographer creating videos for Blue Osa's website, social media and youtube channel. He also took photos and created Instagram Videos for social media, including Blue Osa's Facebook and IG accounts. In addition, he captured aerial footage of the resort via chartered plane, documented interviews with participants of the program and created a multi-camera speaking reel for the retreat's owner and operator.
Ben Cawiezell served as First AC and DIT on set, for this Red Bull Media House portrait of artist Magda Love (http://magdalove.nyc/). The short doc is set to air at RedBull.com/MAVENS Thursday 11/17/16.
In the Fall of '16, via Edelman (Communications Marketing Firm) Ben Cawiezell video edited content for Samsung 837 NYC's social media such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts for an event premiere of the VR commercial "Scent of a Dream" featuring Kate Moss.
Located in the heart of the Meatpacking district in NYC, Samsung 837 combines art, fashion, technology, and sport in unprecedented ways. It’s not a store, but a new kind of place filled with ideas, experiences, and Samsung’s cutting edge devices.
Samsung 837 is where anyone can try out virtual reality, take part in interactive art installations, and see a larger-than-life, three-story screen. It’s home to live music performances, exclusive screenings, and radio recordings.
The space was designed by WonderWall Inc. and features an amphitheater area, VR tunnel, DJ booth, customer service and workshop area, and café.
This New York Fashion Week SS17 brings you the experience of the year from the World's no. 1 makeup artist, Charlotte Tilbury. 12pm-5pm Join us for Makeup Stations, Lip Reading, Dream Reading and the revolutionary Scent of a Dream virtual reality experience, featuring Kate Moss. 6pm-8pm This VIP evening event offers all of the great Charlotte Tilbury immersive experiences.
#ScentOfADream #NYFW #837NYC
Ben Cawiezell video edited a spot, “Scleroderma Research Foundation Sizzle”, featuring Comedians Bob Saget & George Lopez, John Oliver, along with chefs Susan Feniger & Mary Sue Milliken, and foundation thought leaders, experts, doctors, and board members.
Ben Cawiezell created the landing page video for:
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is dedicated to preserving and expanding the rich and diverse cultural resources that are and will become the heritage of New York's citizens.
NYSCA awarded $41M for FY2018 to support artistic excellence and public service.