Lighting Sets Across the Bay
Connor originates from Santa Cruz, California. As a child and young adult, he had always captured moments in life, be it on camera or in some sort of digital-driven medium.
For over the last decade, I have gained experience in lighting within the film world, starting with obtaining a Film and Television BA at San Jose State University. I have also worked at grip and lighting rental houses, such as Rebel Sun, while working on film sets of all shapes and sizes.
I have worked on countless amounts of corporate videos and commercials relating to the technology industry in the Bay. As well as narrative and creative projects. Be it feature films, shorts, series, docs or music videos. Need to light and shape an interview set up? You got it! Experience setting up studio grids and running DMX systems, podcast lighting and more.
I am familiar and have relationships with many rental houses, studios and production companies across the greater Bay Area. I work around Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay as well. I also have many miles under my belt driving sprinter vans, 1 and 2 ton box trucks.
Interiors, exteriors, you name it! Willing to travel, just let me know what you need!
Corporate Clients:
Adobe
Apple
Cisco
Corsair
Golden State Warriors
Google
Facebook
Founders Fund (Big Picture Productions)
LinkedIn
Logitech
Nvidia
Pinterest
Pure Storage
Rubrik
Salesforce
San Francisco 49ers
San Jose Sharks (Redgate Films)
Snowflake
Splunk (Brightsource Productions)
Uber
Western Digital
Zoom
Creative Experiences:
Adventure Playground – Alright Already (Music Video – Key Grip)
The Chef Show (Netflix Series – Key Grip)
Chicano Batman –Dark Star (Music Video – Key Grip)
Deerhoof – Damaged Eyes Squinting into the Beautiful Overhot Sun (Music Video – Key Grip)
Elujay – Starchild (Music Video – Best Boy Grip)
Feng Shui (Short Film – Key Grip)
Gunna Goes Global –In This Thang (Music Video – Gaffer)
Jason Richardson (Short Film – Key Grip)
Kaz Moon – Furious (Music Video – Grip)
Lucky Fifty (Feature Film – Key Grip)
Moonrun – Fantasy Life (Music Video – Grip)
Nisei (Short Film – Chief Lighting Technician)
Phoenix Ash – Rain (Music Video – Key Grip/Dolly)
Pretty Problems (Feature Film – Best Boy Grip)
Stand (Showtime Doc – Grip)
Wolf Jett – Garden of Pain (Music Video – Key Grip)
13 Reasons Why (Netflix Series – Grip)
Contact
Connor Benson
Phone: 831-359-9156
Email: connorgbenson@gmail.com









