Ben Hohener
Directing
Biography
Ben Hohener is a young writer and director from Toronto. He is drawn to stories that live in the uncanny. Driven by creating visceral displays of surreal grotesquery matched only by the inherent humanity that oozes from these stories like a burst blackhead, he also writes literary fiction alongside directing. His debut short film, Some Like It Rotten, premiered at the Toronto Indie Horror Fest in October 2025, and since then he has been hard at work crafting his next story: A dark thriller with a unique twist he plans on directing himself in the upcoming year.
Known For
A deranged necrophiliac clown abducts a man in hopes of creating a "fresh one". A flawed, twisted intimacy arises, but an intimacy nonetheless.
Some Like It Rotten
A serial thief is tasked by an eccentric university Dean to steal a painting.
Sober Cruelty
An experimental visual project by Ben Hohener.