BEN LEVIN Professor levin@unt.edu 940-565-4578 PORTFOLIO - BLOG - WEB SITE

Levin was born in Joliet Illinois. After attending the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. he served in the United States Marine Band in Washington D.C. He then entered Temple University to pursue an MFA with an emphasis in documentary production, the start of a 17-year relationship with that institution, culminating in his directing the MFA program there for seven years. Beginning in 1987 he taught for three years at Emerson College in Boston, before moving to the University of North Texas in 1990. Levin is a past-president of the University Film and Video Association and has served on the National Film Preservation Board by appointment of the Librarian of Congress since 1989.

He has been involved in numerous documentary productions as producer, director and/or editor. The work has received many honors including several CINE Golden Eagles, awards from the Broadcast Education Association, the University Film and Video Association and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in addition to screenings on public television and in other venues including the London International Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Margaret Mead Film Festival and two screenings at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Courses Taught
Documentary Production, Documentary History, Cinéma Vérité, Anthropological Film, Documentary Preproduction, Introduction to Film Style Production, and the MFA Colloquium.

Bachelor of Music and Performer’s Certificate (Percussion),
Eastman School of Music, Master of Fine Arts in Radio-Television-Film, Temple University