2024Nominee
Best Picture
Motorcycle Mary
Ben Proudfoot
Director · Producer · Writer
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
October 29, 1990
Biography
Ben Proudfoot (born 29 October 1990) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. He directed The Queen of Basketball, winner of the 2021 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject; as well as co-director with Kris Bowers of the short documentary film A Concerto Is a Conversation, which was an Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021. He and Bowers were also winners of the 2024 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for The Last Repair Shop.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2026Nominee
Best Director
The Baddest Speechwriter of All
2022Winner
Best Director
Mink!
Career Highlights
2026Highlight
Best Picture
I Got My Brother
2024Highlight
Best Director
The Last Repair Shop
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Mink!
I Got My Brother
The Last Repair Shop