Ben Mink Composer
FILMS
Fifty Dead Men Walking Brightlight Pictures
Director: Kari Skogland
Producers: Nicole Carmen-Davis, Guy Collins, Cindy Cowan, Kyle Lundberg
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Rose McGowan, Ben Kingsley
*Toronto Film Festival Selection 2008
*Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 – Best British Columbia Film
*The Vancouver International Film Festival 2008 – Western Canada Feature Film Award
*Canada’s Top Ten – Chosen Feature
Confessions of an Innocent Man (Documentary) CTV Television
Director: David Paperny
Producers: David Paperny, Terence McKeown, Tracey Friesen
Narrated By: Martin Sheen
*Gemini Award 2008 – Best Biography Documentary Program
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (Composer/Music Producer/Musician) New Line Cinema
Director: Gus Van Sant
Producers: Gus Van Sant Jr., Laurie Parker
Starring: Uma Thurman, Keanu Reeves, Ed Begley Jr., Roseanne Arnold
Bordertown Cafe Telefilm Canada
Director: Norma Bailey
Producers: Stephen J. Roth
Starring: Susan Hogan, Janet Wright, Lora Schroeder
The Crow and The Canary (Children’s Animated Short) National Film Board
Director: Arnie Lipsey
Producers: Don Haig, Arnie Lipsey
Big Deal (Composer/Musician) Alliance
Director: Barry Healey
Producers: Andras Hamori
Starring: Jeff Wincott, Tina Theberge, Allan Katz
Search and Destroy Film Ventures International
Director: William Fruet
Producers: R. Ben Efraim, Edward L. Montoro
Starring: Perry King, Don Stroud, George Kennedy
TELEVISION
Terminal City Sundance Channel
Producer: Angus Fraser, Christine Haebler, Jayme Pfahl
Starring: Maria del Mar, Gil Bellows, Paul Soles
*Leo Awards 2006 – Best Musical Score in a Dramatic Series
Alice (Miniseries) Sci Fi Channel
Director: Nick Willing
Producers: Robert Halmi Sr., Robert Halmi Jr., Matthew O’Connor, Lisa Richardson
Starring: Kathy Bates, Tim Curry, Caterina Scorsone
SOUNDTRACKS & SONGS FOR FILMS
It’s My Party: “Infinite and Unforseen” (co-writer)
The Incubus: “Riding the Thunder,” “Lost and Found,” “Surface to Air” (co-writer)
Head On: “Barnacle Rag”
A Quiet Day In Belfast (Fiddle Performer/Arranger)
SONGWRITER/PRODUCER/PERFORMER Credits include the following:
Elton John
Feist
K.D. Lang
Alison Krauss
Rush
Barenaked Ladies
Bruce Cockburn
Raffi
Heart
Wynonna Judd
Method Man
Rufus Wainwright
Daniel Lanois
Ann Wilson
Geddy Lee
Electronic Trio FM
Anne Murray
Jane Siberry
Susan Aglukark
Chava Alberstein
The Klezmatics
Colony
Finjan
Ian and Sylvia
Dan Hill
Second City Comedy
Maryn Cadell
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2009 Fifty Dead Men Walking
Best British Columbia Film
Gemini Award 2008 Confessions of an Innocent Man
Best Biography Documentary Program
Grammy Nomination 2008 Feist
Best Female Pop Vocal Performance “1234” (Co-Produced/Performed)
JUNO Awards 2004 Susan Aglukark
Aboriginal Recording of the Year Big Feeling (Co-Wrote/Produced)
JUNO Awards Nomination 1994 “Just Keep Me Moving”
Producer of the Year from Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
JUNO Awards 1993
Best Songwriter of the Year (Award shared with K.D. Lang)
Album of the Year Ingenue (Co-Wrote/Co-Produced)
Producer of the Year “Constant Craving” and “The Mind of Love”
SOCAN William Harold Moon Award
International Recognition
Five Grammy Nominations 1993 K.D. Lang, Ingenue (Co-Wrote/Co-Produced)
Record, Song, and Single of the Year “Constant Craving” (Co-Producer)
Grammy Nomination 1990 K.D. Lang
Best Country Song “For Luck In My Eyes” (Co-Wrote/Co-Produced)
Canadian Instrumentalist of the Year – 1990
Fiddle/Mandolin