23: Ben Queen – Writer/Producer

The Doorpost
January 2, 2015

23: Ben Queen – Writer/Producer

GUEST: Ben Queen

benqueen__130916171749-275x274Ben Queen is the Creator and Executive Producer of the half-hour comedy “A to Z” which currently airs on NBC. He previously wrote the Disney-Pixar film, “Cars 2” as well as Co-creating and Executive Producing the action drama “Drive”, which aired on Fox in 2007. He was a Consulting Producer on “Century City” for CBS. Ben has written screenplays for Universal, New Line, Warner Brothers, New Regency and Fox Searchlight. He is the author of “The Art of Cars 2” for Chronicle Books. Ben attended USC’s School of Cinema Television. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

FAVORITE QUOTE:

“Don’t whine. Don’t complain. Don’t make excuses. Just get out there, and whatever you’re doing, do it to the best of your ability. And no one can do more than that.” -John Wooden

BIG BREAK:

Getting accepted into USC’s film school.

PAST FAILURE:

Not being prepared well enough for an important meeting.

SUCCESS HABITS:

Carries a notebook everywhere he goes and writes ideas in it.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:

Three Uses of the Knife by David Mamet

On Directing Film by David Mamet

Roald Dahl

William Shakespeare

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT BEN:

A to Z on NBC

Cars 2

IMDB

twitter.com/benqueen1

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