Ben Duffy (right) - Director/Producer/Cinematographer of Heart Child.​​

 

Ben is a 24 year old filmmaker from New York, and has been making films since he was 13. Ben went on to attend film school at the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2007, but left after his freshman year to do camera work with professional skateboarders, and to fulfill his dream of making a feature length skateboard documentary. After a year and a half, Ben fulfilled that dream, and produced/directed/filmed/co-edited "We Are Skateboarders", which premiered in 27 venues around the world, gaining worldwide DVD and I-Tunes distribution.

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Michael Sassano (left) -  Editor/Cinematographer of Heart Child.​

 

Michael is a 24 year old filmmaker from New York, and recent graduate of the School Of Visual Arts in NYC, with a bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Michael has edited such films as the critically acclaimed "We Are Skateboarders", and won Best Undergraduate Film Award at the 2010 Ivy Film Festival and the 2010 US film and video competition for his short experimental film "Excerpts from Suki's Diary". Michael feels connected to the film Heart Child because of his first hand experience with his 20 year old brother, Jason, who is severely autistic.

 

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