Ben is the writer/director of the films Boiler Room (2000), Prime (2006), and Bleed For This (2016) starring Miles Teller. Most recently he was the Exec Producer for the ABC show The Company You Keep and has written/directed several episodes for Snowfall on FX, among many other projects.

Boiler Room was iconic for many reasons, the biggest one being that 20+ years later it holds up as well as it did when it premiered at Sundance and helped launch Vin Diesel’s career and cement Ben Affleck as a serious actor. Ben has been a huge inspiration for us for us as Jewish creators, and to Mike specifically for portraying Jews on film. It was a thrill to sit down and discuss creativity, Hollywood, and his recent missions to Israel post-October 7th.

🎥 Boiler Room trailer

🎥 Prime trailer:

🎥 Bleed For This trailer

✍🏼 Ben's column for Flying Mag

📸 Ben's Instagram project @IsraelSoWhite

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(00:00) Ben saw something on his Israel trip no other Westerner has

(16:55) Losing friends in Hollywood over anti-zionism

(29:38) Ben’s new Instagram project to combat misinformation

(38:57) Boiler Room does Jews SO well

(40:55) What has Ben been doing between movies?

(51:05) Indie film vs. Studio system

(52:18) People given jobs they didn’t earn

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