About Me

Born and raised in Santa Monica, CA, Ben Marias grew up on TV and commercial film sets.

Marias began his career as a child actor at the age of 4. He traded in the casting room for athletics and picked up his first camera as a teenager. Learning everything he could about photography, shooting pictures of the surf/skate scene in Venice in the 90’s, Ben turned his passion for photography and his love of film into a career as a Director of Photography.

Life on set has always been an integral part of Marias’s life and the basis of his professional knowledge since he was 17 years old. Marias has worked in almost every field on a film set before becoming an AC, then a camera operator, and finally a director of photography.

The art of cinematography continues to excite Marias as he continues to explore new and exciting territory.