Ben Ramsey (filmmaker)

Ben Ramsey is an American screenwriter and film director, most commonly known as the screenwriter of The Big Hit (starring Mark Wahlberg) and Dragonball Evolution.

Career

Ramsey began his career in Hollywood in 1996 when he wrote the Mark Wahlberg feature, The Big Hit for Sony Pictures. He would later go on to write Dragonball Evolution for 20th Century Fox. He directed the hit DTV action films Blood and Bone and Love and a Bullet which Sony also distributed. Most recently he directed the short film Black Salt for Ratti Entertainment and his own company Ramcity Productions.

Dragonball Evolution

In 2016, Ramsey issued a public apology for the film, claiming the film "marked a very painful creative point in my life". He writes: "To have something with my name on it as the writer be so globally reviled is gut wrenching. To receive hate mail from all over the world is heartbreaking. (...) I went into the project chasing after a big payday, not as a fan of the franchise but as a businessman taking on an assignment. I have learned that when you go into a creative endeavor without passion you come out with sub-optimal results, and sometimes flat out garbage. So I’m not blaming anyone for Dragonball but myself."

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Other	Notes
1991	The Silence of the Lambs	No	No	No	Yes	Production assistant
1996	Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood	No	No	No	Yes	Art department: swing gang
	Crossworlds	No	No	No	Yes	Art department: swing
	Zarkorr! The Invader	No	No	No	Yes	Actor: "Quincy"
1998	The Big Hit	No	Yes	No	No
2002	Love and a Bullet	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Executive producer
2008	A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy	No	No	Yes	No	Executive producer
2009	Dragonball Evolution	No	Yes	No	No
	Blood and Bone	Yes	No	No	Yes	Soundtrack writer and producer

References

• Ben Ramsey at Rotten Tomatoes
• Scribe's getting 'Roses'
• Ramsey rolls 'Dragonball Z'

External links

• Ben Ramsey at IMDb
• Black Salt
• Interface Official website