Ben & Gary: Streaming is now available

The Trash Film Festival is an international celebration of low-budget movies, focusing exclusively on action, martial arts, science-fiction, and horror genres. The festival encourages exaggeration in genre attributes for maximum entertainment value.

Are you ready to experience a thrilling ride into the dark world of the mafia? Then, get ready to tune into @compromisedtheseries on YouTube, where the first two episodes of this gripping mafia drama are set to premiere tomorrow, March 7th at 12 pm.

Back in 2021, I was a guest on the Cinema Gush podcast, where I got to talk about one of my all-time favorite films — The Dark Knight.

Jack Anderson and Sam Butler of The Dads Comedy made appearances on Verihigh, a web series produced by Veriheal, where comedians react to iconic cannabis moments in film and TV. In these episodes, they dive into scenes from The Office and Pineapple Express with their signature deadpan energy and offbeat charm.

Originally posted in 2021. Updated in 2025. At the time, I was leaning toward a career pivot — I even entered a Master’s program thinking teaching might be the new path. But the creative bug never left.

Angotango Picture's short film "Trumpocalypse" was nominated in the Short Narrative category at this years Colorado Film and Video Association's (CFVA) Awards show.

This is the first time I've ever been involved in a stop motion film, and it was a hell of an experience. Doing stop motion is kind of like holding an intense yoga pose while someone snaps your picture—over and over and over. It’s physically demanding in the most surprising way.

Long Walks On The Beach is a romantic comedy web series about millennials stumbling through love, heartbreak, and everything in between during their twenties.

I'm excited to share that The Runs took home Best Comedy Micro Short at the Austin Comedy Short Film Festival!

In Episode 209, titled “Kickin' it Old School”, I play a football fan — easy role for me, since it basically meant rocking my Broncos Tebow jersey.

Bored As Hell returns with Season 2, brought to life by the endlessly creative mind of Kevon Ward (writer/director/SFX wizard). The episode? “Lion, Goat-Legged, Buer – OH MY!” And yes, it’s just as chaotic and unhinged as it sounds.

( Stop, Wait a Minute ) A few years back, I had the chance to be in the music video for Shanin Blake’s song “Stop, Wait a Minute.”  I...

We made a fun little parody short inspired by the final sequence of The Rock . It’s dramatic, over-the-top, and built around the simple...

Sometimes your taste outpaces your talent — and that’s okay.I co-wrote, produced, and acted in a sketch called Our Pet Nicolas Cage. It had a fun premise and a talented cast. It also had bees, too many layers, and a clear lesson in learning when less is more. Here's what I took from that project — and why I'm still proud of it, warts and all.

5 Things I Wish I Learned Before Making a Short Film (That Was Never Released)

In 2017, a film I was part of called Army & Coop hit streaming. It was a low-budget, late-night, raunchy, testosterone-fueled comedy set in Boulder, Colorado. I played the bad guy — the kind of antagonist you'd boo at a midnight screening. Looking back, it was my first feature-length role, and I learned a lot, fast. Here are five lessons I took from playing a guitar-strumming, self-absorbed, pink-polo-wearing villain in a film that, for all its absurdity, taught me real th