Ben Ketai is an

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film director, writer, and producer. He directed and wrote the following Ghost House Pictures productions: '' 30 Days of Night: Dark Days'' and the webseries '' 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust''.

Career

In 2010, the

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released '' The Resistance'', executive produced by Ketai, Scott Bayless, and Scott Rogers and directed by

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. It started as a low budget web series in the form of 4 short online teasers on

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. Before filming the actual web show, the series was picked up by

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’s

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and Starz Media, after executives at Ghost House viewed ''The Resistance'' teasers online. The web show aired on October 4, 2010, on the

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channel as a one-hour television pilot. It was also released in its original 8 episodic form on

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, and the

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. "The Resistance" was produced by Aaron Lam,

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, and Associate Producer

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. The pilot made history, as it's the first time a series created originally for the web was premiered on television. In 2012, Ketai created, wrote and directed an original series for

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, ''Chosen'', starring

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. Ketai wrote the script of the real-life project

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, based on the life of

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. In the same year, he wrote the script to the sequel to ''The Strangers'', with

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, entitled '' The Strangers: Prey at Night'' and released in 2018.‘The Strangers 2′ Finally Happening?!
/ref> In 2016, the TV series he created, '' StartUp'', starring

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and

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, premiered on

. He also directed and wrote select episodes. Season 2 premiered in September 2017.

Filmography

References

External links

The Resistance Series
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