Hailing from Pittsburgh, PA, Ben Barnes has enjoyed a wide variety of celebrated work over the past two decades. He's written and directed for Steve Carell’s production company, Carousel Television, and developed his work with Bento Box (Bob's Burgers) and P10 (Schitt's Creek). His work has screened at The Hammer Museum, the New York Television Festival, Just For Laughs Montreal and Chicago, and multiple years at South by Southwest, to name a few. He studied directing under Judith Westin and was a member of Jeffrey Tambor's workshop for many years. His accolades include Best Feature Screenplay from the LA Comedy Festival and his most recent work was selected for a month-long run in 600 theaters nationwide as part of the Spotlight Cinemas CineLife Preshow.

Ben co-produced and edited the award winning feature documentary Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America (PBS’s Independent Lens) and the forthcoming This Is Not Normal featuring Dan Rather, Lawrence O'Donnell, Anne Applebaum, and David Frum. He is a part-time lecturer in the Film and Communications department at Sacramento State as well.

He currently lives in San Francisco with his partner Nicole and daughter Vivian.