BEN ALPI

About Ben

I believe that art exists to help us make sense of our world, to enrich our lives, and to inspire change. Using my love for film, visual effects, graphic design, and animation, I tell bold stories to bring context, understanding, and connection.

Ben Alpi is an award-winning film director/writer specializing in science fiction, action/adventure, and cross-genre stories with heart. He's currently developing short films, features, television, literary, and audio projects.

The drum beat...

There is a drum beating deep within us, a pull we all feel, a yearning for connection with our fellow spacefarers. Speeding through space at 67,000 mph, our world is now filled with amazing technological gadgets and slick machine-learning imitators which are supposed to bring us closer together and democratize art. In some ways it's working yet, in much more profound ways, it’s not only separating us, it’s driving a wedge between us. Why? Because there is no love in it.

It is impossible to connect in an endless expanse of data. You need a human to give something context. With context comes understanding. With understanding comes connection. With connection comes love. Without love, we wither and become wicked, spitting cynicism and spreading nihilism. My mission is to drive straight against this dark tide, to bring back the heroic stories I love to brighten and lift us, to inspire and give respite from our daily difficulties. I believe that art exists to help us make sense of our world and make our lives bearable. To do this, we need beauty as well as darkness, we need examples of heroism and sacrifice to balance out those of villainy and corruption. We must listen to the beat of our own drum, and open ourselves to each other. To plug into our fellow humans, to sync with them, and to recharge our souls. To experience this is true enrichment, and to experience it with creativity and imagination is true joy.