Ben Ketai

About Ben Ketai

Who is it?: Writer, Producer, Director
Birth Year: 1982
Residence: Santa Monica, California
Education: University of Michigan
Occupation: Film director, screenwriter, producer
Known for: StartUp series
Website: benketai.com

Ben Ketai

Ben Ketai was born on 1982, is Writer, Producer, Director. Ben Ketai is a writer and producer, known for Chosen (2013), Beneath (2013) and StartUp (2016).
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Biography/Timeline

2010

In 2010, the SyFy Channel released The Resistance, executive produced by Ketai, Scott Bayless, and Scott Rogers and directed by Adrian Picardi. It started as a low budget web series in the form of 4 short online teasers on YouTube. Before filming the actual web show, the series was picked up by Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures and Starz Media, after executives at Ghost House viewed "The Resistance" teasers online. The web show aired on October 4, 2010, on the SyFy channel as a one-hour television pilot. It was also released in its original 8 episodic form on iTunes, Xbox Live, and the PlayStation Network. "The Resistance" was produced by Aaron Lam, Eric Ro, and Associate Producer Don Le. The pilot made history, as it's the first time a series created originally for the web was premiered on television.

2012

In 2012, Ketai created, wrote and directed an original series for Crackle, Chosen, starring Milo Ventimiglia.

2016

In 2016, the TV series he created, StartUp, starring Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi and Martin Freeman, premiered on Crackle. He also directed and wrote select episodes. Season 2 premiered in September 2017.

2018

Ketai wrote the script of the real-life project Johnny Frank Garrett's Last Word, based on the life of Johnny Frank Garrett. In the same year, he wrote the script to the sequel to The Strangers, with Bryan Bertino, entitled The Strangers: Prey at Night and released in 2018.

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