Ben Cena(II)
- Podcaster
- Writer
- Art Director
F. Benjamin Orcena has always enjoyed movies and comic books of all types. When he was 6, he was in a health department commercial that a Japanese company later bought. During middle school, he participated in the drama club and took Saturday morning art classes at Columbus College of Art and Design.
After graduating from Bishop Watterson High School, he spent years studying illustration at Columbus College of Art and Design, receiving a bachelor's in fine arts. During his senior year of college, he started a show on YouTube titled Retro Podcast.
When he was 22, he wrote his first screenplay, Orlando Monster; the script was nominated for the Chicago Film Awards Festival and first placed in the Cooper Awards. At age 23, he directed and edited a short documentary titled The Joy of Teamwork that won two awards in two international film festivals. At age 24, he wrote and illustrated his first comic book, Night at North Pole.
He discovered that he enjoyed interviewing artists and illustrating comics and illustrations for magazines. Soon, he collaborated with his podcast guests to make short films and sold them to studios to produce feature films. Mecha Swain, his boss from Slapstik Comedy Entertainment, introduced him to artists to interview and collaborate with.
After graduating from Bishop Watterson High School, he spent years studying illustration at Columbus College of Art and Design, receiving a bachelor's in fine arts. During his senior year of college, he started a show on YouTube titled Retro Podcast.
When he was 22, he wrote his first screenplay, Orlando Monster; the script was nominated for the Chicago Film Awards Festival and first placed in the Cooper Awards. At age 23, he directed and edited a short documentary titled The Joy of Teamwork that won two awards in two international film festivals. At age 24, he wrote and illustrated his first comic book, Night at North Pole.
He discovered that he enjoyed interviewing artists and illustrating comics and illustrations for magazines. Soon, he collaborated with his podcast guests to make short films and sold them to studios to produce feature films. Mecha Swain, his boss from Slapstik Comedy Entertainment, introduced him to artists to interview and collaborate with.
