BEN S. HYLAND

Ben S. Hyland is a BAFTA Rocliffe winning comedy writer/director.

 

Ben won the 2023 BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy feature competition with his script, JUMPERS. In the same year, he won the British Comedy Guide Spring Sitcom writing competition with his pilot script, THE TWINS. He was also selected to become a member of BAFTA CONNECT. 

 

His feature film, MY DOG MADE ME DO IT, has been developed over the last few years and has been pitched at Film London PFM, Berlin Film Market and Galway Film Market. It’s scheduled to shoot in spring 2026. 

 

Ben has written and directed a cluster of successful comedy short films. His most recent, THE MAN THAT I WAVE AT, starring Sam Pamphilon and Marek Larwood, is currently on the festival circuit, screening at Encounters, SITGES and Frightfest. The film won the prestigious Sitges International Film Festival and is now qualified for the Oscars. It has also been sold to Canal+.

 

His film THE SNIP, stars Edinburgh Fringe winner Ciaran Dowd, alongside Sunil Patel and Rebecca Shorrocks. The film has screened at Norwich, Aesthetica, The Shortest Nights, and Edmonton, winning Best Comedy at Bolton and Crystal Palace, as well as Best Film at Cambridge. 

 

His film BLEEP stars Rebecca Shorrocks, Paul F. Taylor and Toby Williams. It premiered at Frightfest and has gone on to screen at Aesthetica, Cleveland, LSFF, to name a few. 

 

His film TALK RADIO stars the hilarious Julia Deakin, Pearce Quigley and Tim Key and has screened at multiple BAFTA and OSCAR qualifying festivals such as Show Me Shorts, Encounters, Aesthetica and LSFF before finding a home on the YouTube channel, Omeleto.

 

His film QUIET CARRIAGE starring Amit Shah and Emma Sidi has played at BAFTA and OSCAR qualifying festivals such as LOCO, Aesthetica, Aspen, Rhode Island,  LA Shorts, Norwich, Encounters and LSFF before finding a home online on SHORT-OF-THE-WEEK.

 

Ben is a member of DIRECTORS UK. and is repped by Steven Russell at Collective Talent.

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