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Senior colorist Ben McIntire brings 20 years of experience as a director of photography to his color grading studio Small Sea.
Communication is the key to color grading, and you can expect a quick shorthand of someone that's worked closely with directors, dp's and producers for many years.
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Ben McIntire is an Emmy Award winning American director of photography and colorist living in Stockholm, Sweden.
His work for television has been seen on Amazon Prime and SVT. He has graded commercials for Froda, Coop, American Express, the NBA, Soho House, Fjällraven and Snickers. The narrative films he has graded have gone on to win many festival top prizes, including Leiden International Film Festival, Cindependent Film Festival, Hudson Valley Film Festival, Buffalo International Film Festival and Queens World Film Festival.
"One Plus: New Beginnings", a branded documentary series he DoP'd and graded won a Webby before being expanded into a limited run series for Amazon Prime in 2022. He also was the colorist for World Economic Forum's "Back to Zero", which won a 2023 Webby for Best Long Form Documentary (Activism Category). The sponsored short documentary "Lecanvey Lakers" (NBA Films) won two Kinsale Shark Awards in 2025 (Best Documentary over 5 minutes and Grand Prix-Branded Content).
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