In 1997, Ben joined the 5-person team to make The Blair Witch Project as production designer and fabricated much of the legend of The Blair Witch. He later wrote Curse of The Blair Witch, wrote and directed The Burkittsville 7 for Showtime, and Shadow of The Blair Witch for Syfy. In 2004, Ben formed Visible Man Productions and for 9 years the company created branded content, found footage, fake commercials, subversive advertising, and webisodes for a variety of entertainment projects. In 2009, he directed the critically-acclaimed sci-fi/horror film Alien Raiders for Warner Brothers. In 2016, Ben directed Future Boyfriend, a sci-fi romantic comedy that was an official selection at Tribeca Film Festival. Ben has directed numerous plays, including Baal by Bertoldt Brecht, Richard III by William Shakespeare, and served for 2 seasons as co-artistic director for The Sacred Fools Theater Company in Hollywood. Most recently, he directed a second season of the award-winning horror/comedy web series, 20 Seconds to Live, an acclaimed 10-part horror fiction podcast called Video Palace, and an 8-part horror audio drama for Audible called Catchers.