About me
Benjamin MulHolland is an Oakland based Writer/Director, who for 15 years has been turning small budgets into professional motion pictures, most notably, M.O.A.B. and it’s sequel DAISY CUTTER.
His biting action/satire web series PENNIES FOR THE JUGGERNAUT was well received and distributed online domestically and internationally, garnering fans in Europe, South Korea, Japan and Australia.
Benjamin’s films have screened at Cinequest, the Oakland International Film Festival, I Hella Love Shorts Film Festival, the Portland Film Festival, the San Diego Black Film Festival and the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival.
His films explore the topics of culture, politics and mysticism while also incorporating the concepts of Shamanism, Taoism and the Japanese aesthetic of Yūgen- which through his own interpretation is at the heart of his filmmaking philosophy. Taking that which which cannot be said, life’s mysterious journey, our myths, our legends and give an unspoken interpretation of it through cinema.
He is in Post on his latest Project: The Lake Merritt Monster
Awards:
Berkeley Film Foundation Grant recipient 2020- The Lake Merritt Monster
SFFILM Artist in Residency 2018, 2019- The Lake Merritt Monster
Cinequest Semi-Finalist 2017 30 min teleplay- Full Moon Run
Cinequest Semi-Finalist 2017 Feature- Ain’t No Grave
Shore Scripts Quarterfinalist 2017- Ain’t No Grave
