Ben Atkinson
Actor, filmmaker, and Shakespeare obsessive, fascinated with the space between what storytellers intend and what audiences feel. GOTOGOTOStudio.com / QueenCharlottesVilleins.com
- Role
- Actor at Antaeus Theatre Company
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ben Atkinson
Ben Atkinson is a filmmaker, actor, writer, and Shakespeare scholar based in Charlottesville, Virginia. a filmmaker in Charlottesville, obsessing over the gap between what creators intend and what audiences actually experience.With over twenty years of experience across both coasts—including membership in the prestigious Antaeus Theatre Company in Los Angeles, an Emerson College film degree, and early work at Marvel Studios—he brings a rare combination of practical craft and deep theoretical grounding to everything he makes.He is the founder of GOTO GOTO Studio, a short film production company built on the Make Believe philosophy: that believability is the threshold separating good storytelling from great.He is also the Arch-Villein of Queen Charlotte\'s Villeins, Charlottesville\'s Shakespeare troupe, and the host of The Plummet, a weekly deep-dive study group into the works of Shakespeare.
Experience
Actor
Jun 2017 — Present · Glendale, CA, US
Education
Emerson College
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Film
2001 — 2004
Skills
- Software Quality Assurance
- New Media
- Entertainment
- Film
- Screenwriting
- Video Production
- Marketing
- Music
- Acting
- Digital Media
- Social Networking
- Customer Service
- Final Cut Pro
- Video
- Television
- Video Editing
- Voice Acting
- Directing Talent
- Social Media
- Jira
- Confluence
- Linux Desktop
- Augmented Reality
- Software Project Management
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