Ben Arredondo is the Founder and Executive Producer of PictureStart Productions, LLC. Arredondo has worked in media for 25 years, ranging from print (book and magazine publishing), advertising, new media, film and theater.
Currently, Arredondo is executive producer of The Sacred Red Rock, a feature documentary covering In’zhúje'waxóbe, a sacred red rock taken by the city of Lawrence, Kansas from the Kaw people just after the Kaw were removed from Kansas to Oklahoma. This project is in post-production, to be released in the fall of 2024.
Also in post-production are six vertical short films commissioned by the Columbia River Maritime Museum (Astoria, Oregon) for their new Cedar & Sea exhibit, opening in October 2024. Cedar & Sea is aknowledging the art and craft expertise of Pacific Northwest Indigenous communities.
Recently, Arredondo was contracted to serve as the executive producer of thirty-one media projects for the First Americans Museum (opened in September 2021). A combination of media were produced, including short films, soundscapes, immersive installations and interactive tables.Arredondo contracted teams in Oklahoma and New York.
Other independent projects recently produced by Arredondo include a short film about Central America refugee children for Cherokee Federal (OK, 2022); a narrative short film called A Better Half (NY, 2021); and, videos for the National Native American Hall of Fame and the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame (OK, 2023).
Arredondo spent 8 years working as Creative Producer for Cellfish Media. Prior to that, he was Production Manager at Teen People, Sports Illustrated, Biography Magazine. Arredondo begun his career producing books at Houghton Mifflin Publishers.
Ben Arredondo was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas. He has lived in New York City since 1998. He attended the University of Houston, graduating with a B.A. in English Literature, concentrating in 20th Century Minority Literature.