BEN VOIT WORKS AS A FREELANCING FILMMAKER AND PHOTOGRAPHER.
HE STUDIED APPLIED MEDIA SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ILMENAU AND THE COURSES SHOOTING SHORTS AND PHOTOJOURNALISM AT LA TROBE UNIVERSITY MELBOURNE.
DURING HIS EDUCATION HE HAS REALISED DOCUMENTARY AND HYBRID FILMS AND TRAVELED 30+ COUNTRIES SHOOTING PHOTO ESSAYS. CURRENTLY HE STUDIES DIRECTING AT FILM UNIVERSITY BABELSBERG KONRAD WOLF.
HIS RECENT FILM NIGHT UPON KEPLER 452B WAS RUNNING IN COMPETITION AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS SUCH AS CLERMONT-FERRAND ISFF, BUSAN ISFF, FILM FEST GENT, DOK LEIPZIG, INTERFILM AND GOT NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT FILM OF THE YEAR BY THE GERMAN FILM CRITICS AWARDS.