Festival Year: 2025, 2023, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017

Ben Masters

Roles: Director

Ben Masters is a filmmaker and writer specializing in wildlife and adventure stories. He is most known for directing Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story, The River and The Wall (SXSW 2019 Award Winner) and for producing Unbranded (Mountainfilm 2015 Audience Award Winner). Masters studied wildlife biology at Texas A&M University and founded Fin and Fur Films in 2012. He is the author of two books published by Texas A&M University Press and has written for National Geographic and Western Horseman. A proud Texan, Masters loves riding a good horse through new country, filming wildlife stories that haven’t been documented before, and using movies to help conserve wildlife and wild places.

2025 Program(s):
The American Southwest

Festival Year: 2025, 2023, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017

103:00

Deep in the Heart

(US, 2022, 103min)
Director: Ben Masters
53:00

American Ocelot

(US, 2020, 53min)
Director: Ben Masters
15:00

Horse Rich and Dirt Poor

(US, 2019, 15min)
Director: Ben Masters
9:00

Return of the Desert Bighorn

(US, 2018, 9min)
Director: Ben Masters
8:00

5,000 Miles of Wild

(US, 2018, 8min)
Director: Ben Masters
108:00

River and the Wall

(US, 2019, 108min)
Director: Ben Masters
5:00

Wildlife and the Wall

(US, 2017, 5min)
Director: Ben Masters
9:00

Lions of West Texas

(US, 2017, 9min)
9:00

Texas Living Water

(US, 2017, 9min)
5:00

Wildlife and the Wall

(US, 2017, 5min)
Director: Ben Masters
6:00

Pronghorn Revival

(US, 2016, 6min)
105:00

Unbranded

(US, 2015, 105min)