Benjamin Ross Hayden is a Canadian film director and writer. His company is Manifold Pictures. Benjamin is the youngest filmmaker in Canada to be accepted to the prestigious Telefilm Micro budget program in all roles of Director, Writer, and Producer.Accomplishments include his first science fiction, Agophobia being discovered when in the Cannes Court Metrage, and is now preserved in the National Film Archives of Mexico. Agophobia also premiered at Sitges Fantastic Film Festival, Canadian Premiered at Montreal World Film Festival, a Best Film award at Rhode Island International Film Festival, and the award for Visual Effects at the 40th Rosie Awards.In 2015 he was appointed the Chairman of Film Advisory at Southern Alberta Institute of Technology.