About Ben Raphael Sher

I’m an experienced writer, producer, and researcher with a diverse portfolio.

I use the power of words and media to effectively tell my clients’ stories, ranging from intricate real life murder mysteries to compelling product promotions, always with a keen focus on engaging the right audience for optimal impact. My clients have praised my research skills, particularly my ability to find stories, uncover information and locate individuals (be they interview subjects, the one person who can verify a fact, or the right crew member).

I’ve produced documentaries and podcasts on various topics for companies such as AMC, Audible, and Discovery ID. Between 2021 and 2023, I served as a pop culture specialist, cataloguer, and copywriter at the world-renowned auction house Julien’s Auctions, where I curated and catalogued high-profile auctions and wrote and produced a variety of marketing materials.

Since 2005, my writing has been featured in numerous publications, including Leonard Maltin’s Movie Guide, Backstage, syfy.com, the Shout! Factory blog, ChillerTV.com, and the Times Union in Albany, New York (part of Hearst Communications).

I earned my Ph.D. in Cinema and Media Studies from UCLA, where my academic work focused on American film and television history, media genres, and archival research and methods. At UCLA, I taught diverse courses and was honored to receive a Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest award given to graduate students at the university.

My scholarship has been published in the anthologies New Queer Horror Film and Television (University of Wales Press, 2021) and From Madea to Mogul: Theorizing Tyler Perry (University Press of Mississippi, 2016).