Benjamin Zand was born on 2 February 1991 and is a British documentary-maker, journalist and director.
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Ben Zand then became a video journalist and reporter for BBC News, becoming part of the BBC's video innovation lab.
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Ben Zand became a Senior Development Executive on his own films as well as the director and author.
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Ben Zand makes podcasts, including The Next Episode which is a youth-orientated podcast on BBC Sounds.
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Documentary by filmmaker Ben Zand, created by ZANDLAND Films, travelled from California to Mississippi in order to investigate the story of Samuel Little.
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Ben Zand visited "the most dangerous cities on earth, coming face to face with killers and terror".
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Ben Zand followed the story of the Savage family, and their daughter's involvement with R Kelly.
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Ben Zand met dissidents being tracked by the state, and those close to the rulers themselves.
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Ben Zand visited Nigeria, Niger and Libya, to take a look at what the European Union was doing to address the European migrant crisis, and to see how much money is being made.
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Ben Zand goes in search of Akinwale Arobieke for BBC Three, and tries to understand a story that has been gripping Merseyside for decades.
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Channel 4's Unreported World, Ben Zand visited Malaysian Borneo, where coral reefs face environmental disaster as local fishermen resort to drastic, destructive fishing methods to survive, including using explosives and sodium cyanide.
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Ben Zand was named Young Talent of the Year at the 2016 Royal Television Society Journalism Awards.
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