Ben DeJesus

Ben DeJesus is an Emmy and Tony-nominated director, producer, writer and co-founder of NGL Studios with his partner John Leguizamo. With over a decade of experience in the U.S. multicultural, Latinx and youth markets, DeJesus has created over 100 hours of award-winning content including non-fiction, episodic, music videos and branded content. Ben got his start as stage actor before landing at MTV, where he became one of the original writer/producers for several seasons of MTV CRIBS. He then went on to produce and write for MTV New, VH1, mun2, Nick @ Nite, and many of the on-air VJ's. Recent Television credits include: (PBS) American Masters' Lights, Camera, Acción; (CBS) Essential Heroes: Momento Latino, exec-produced and hosted by Eva Longoria; (Peacock) The Latino Presidential Inauguration Special and multiple episodes of (Disney) BUNK'D, the hit multi- cam sitcom. Currently, Ben is directing and exec-producing a 6 episode series for MSNBC hosted by John Leguizamo. Film credits in