“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible”
-Walt Disney
Benjaga Productions takes story and media ideas from the phase of conception all the way to final release and distribution. Every media project has a story of how it came to be and who made it happen. We are the how and who of those stories, about stories.
Teamwork makes the dream work
When you hire Benjaga Productions to create your project, you’re hiring media professionals. We draw our crews from experienced Louisianans who’ve worked with Disney, Sony, Universal, Marvel, 20th Century, Netflix, Bad Robot, WETA, ILM and more.
Our decades of experience on professional Hollywood productions sets us apart from other production companies in Louisiana.
Ben Collinsworth
Lead Producer
Born in Baton Rouge and raised in South Louisiana, Ben grew up enamored with the process of storytelling both in front of and behind the camera with an understanding of how media shapes our perceptions of events.
After college, Ben entered the emerging film and television work force of Louisiana working on films such as The Expendables, Battle: Los Angeles, Oblivion, Chef, 22 Jump Street and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
In 2016, Salvador Paskowitz, writer of The Age of Adaline, hired Ben to produce his first two short films, The Golden Year and The Ball in Los Angeles. While juggling the scheduling, location securing and other producer duties, Ben also launched The Brett Davern Show podcast which reached the iTunes Top 150 TV & Movie podcast list in its first year.
Currently, Ben produces for Toonstar’s “The Gimmicks” as well as writing and voice acting.
Khiry Armsted
Music Supervisor
Khiry (known professionally as Kaye the Beast) has self-produced four studio albums, as well as singles for hip-hop artist Alfred Banks. One such single, UnderDogcentral was featured in the Netflix Original film, Burning Sands. In addition, he works as a Sound Designer/composer within the New Orleans theatre community. He has also created music for nonfiction media, including a long form interview with James Carville in 2020.