Ben Hagarty

Director, editor, and videographer Ben Hagarty has merely scratched the surface. With humble beginnings as a University of Northern Iowa graduate with a communications degree, Ben Hagarty went from pounding the pavement as an Iowa-based freelance content creator and musician to working alongside some of the world's biggest and most prolific hip-hop and pop icons. Not wasting any time, Hagarty's first project after relocating to Los Angeles was Chris Brown's 'Welcome to My Life' documentary, which he co-edited with producer and director Andrew Sandler. Through his work on that project, he was brought on to co-edit several music videos for Chris Brown on the Royalty series, which was nominated for "Best Breakthrough Long Form Video at the VMA's. EA Games hired Hagarty to direct promotional content for their Madden '17 release featuring Lil' Dicky and New England Patriot's tight-end Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski and rebooked him to work on a digital campaign for Madden '18. He has captured aerial footage featured in music videos for artists such as G-Eazy, Chris Brown, and Mac Miller and was a co-shooter and co-editor on the Mary J. Blige 'Strength of a Woman' studio documentary, which recently premiered on VH1 nationwide. Hagarty created a web series on the Blank Face LP World Tour with artist ScHoolboy Q in late 2016, and is in development on several documentaries and tv series' with his new production company, Black with No Cream, including a tour documentary and digital content for hip-hop powerhouse Kendrick Lamar. His camera operating skills have been showcased in the Netflix documentary "Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé."