Benjamin Zimbric

Biography

When school rules precluded sixth graders from being in the school play, Benjamin Zimbric did what any other independent filmmaker would do when presented with an obstacle, he went and made his own movie, "Weekday Warz", anyway. Benjamin has continued from that point to make films whenever the need strikes. After making films with friends throughout high school, Benjamin felt the need for more knowledge to improve his skill and when presented with the option from his mother ("You can go to any film school you want as long as it's not on the West Coast." The reasons for this ultimatum never being made clear) Benjamin headed out to New York University. At school, Benjamin was prolific both in academics and extracurricular filmmaking. He took a full course load every semester, worked on the school soundstage to both watch other classes and steal equipment for his movies (he always brought it back, don't worry), and shot a short film every weekend for two and half years (for a total of 30 short films). This workload led to Benjamin graduating in just 3.5 years. After school Benjamin worked as an equipment manager and then a teacher at The New York Film Academy, then a news videographer for all major networks (ABC, NBC, Fox, etc) and then a camera operator for various reality and narrative television shows. Benjamin has continued his extracurricular film activities throughout, shooting and producing 3 independent television shows, 5 music videos, 6 short films (two getting over 500,000 views on YouTube.com), starting his own short film club (6 shorts produced and shot), two documentary feature films, and 3 narrative feature films, "Synapse", "Wet Behind the Ears" and his latest "Lifehack". "Overcast" is Benjamin's first feature as a writer and director.