Ben Mullinkosson is a commercial and documentary director raised in suburban Chicago and trained in observational documentary at Chapman University. For more than a decade he has split time between Los Angeles and China (Shanghai/Chengdu), directing brand work and independent films; he speaks Chinese fluently and won X Games gold in halfpipe skateboarding in China. Commercial credits include Samsung Voices of Life (Leo Burnett/Whitelist; Silver Lion, Cannes Lions 2016), Facebook Messenger Kids, Twix with LiAngelo Ball, Johnnie Walker, Midea’s Shu Tong’s Last Haircut, Casio G-Shock, Beats Studio Buds+ with Jackson Wang, vivo V20, Converse Slam, Apple Music with Karan Aujla, The Home Depot Foundation’s In Safe Places, UNESCO’s The Left Hand (TBWA; ADC-nominated 2020) and Save the Children inclusive-education work, VICE x Tencent, Milliken, Liene, Honor of Kings, plus Yelp, VANS, Red Bull, Nowness, HBO, and eBay. Feature and short work includes Don’t Be a Dick About It (IDFA Audience Award 2018; Oscilloscope), The Last Year of Darkness (CPH:DOX Special Jury Mention; MUBI), Gnarly in Pink (Tribeca; NYT Op-Docs), and the Sundance 2025 comedy Serious People (co-directed with Pasqual Gutierrez). He is repped for commercials by Florence (US), with additional listings at Champion and Resource.