01.

Night and Day

2022 Student Emmy Award finalist. Shot on location in Jakarta, Indonesia.

02.

The Green

TV pilot.

03.

Homestead

Best Cinematography: Indie Shorts Mag Film Festival, Official Selection: Film Shortage

04.

Death of Childhood

Best Documentary Short: Student Emmy Awards, Official Selection: SCAD Savannah Film Festival

05.

Martha

Official Selection: Summer in the South Film Festival, Official Selection: Atlanta Student Film Festival

06.

Kalos

Best Direction & Best Narrative Short: Student Emmy Awards, Best Short Film: Miami Independent Film Festival, Official Selection: Rome International Film Festival

McKinley Benson was born on January 6, 1999 in Los Angeles, California. He graduated from SCAD Atlanta in 2020 with a BFA in Film & Television. He is a writer and director best known for Death of Childhood (2020), Homestead (2020), and Martha (2019). As a director, he frequently collaborated with Enzo Hui, co-founder of Room 330 Productions. Their film, Kalos (2018), won two Student Emmy awards for Best Direction and Best Short Film.

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