Ben Daughtrey is a multi-talented show business veteran. His accomplishments include producing and editing the 1998 Official Sundance Selection feature film 100 Proof. Daughtrey’s extensive television editing credits include Reno 911, Intervention and The Bachelor, just to name a few. Daughtrey has been nominated for the Emmy in television editing three times – the PBS documentary If I Can’t Do It, the 2002 Academy Awards, and Extreme Makeover- Home Edition. Daughtrey also produced, directed and edited a series of post-Katrina documentaries for Arnold Advertising and Southern Comfort entitled New Orleans Stories. He also served as the Executive Producer on the docu-series Bordertown Laredo for the A&E Network, and Breaking Point for Discovery I.D. The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, a film Daughtrey edited, was an official selection in 2009 at multiple film festivals including Tribeca and the L.A. Film Fest. It is now widely viewed on Showtime, Netflix and other media outlets More recently he edited the documentary film, Scandalous for CNN and Magnolia Pictures.

While not busy working on television and film, Daughtrey found time to star as Khalid the Sensitive Jihadist in the irreverent operetta The Beastly Bombing which went on to win “Best Musical of 2006” at the LA Weekly Theater Awards. Daughtrey’s musical accomplishments include touring the globe and playing with the legendary bands Squirrel Bait, False Prophets, The Lemonheads and Love Jones. In his youth, Ben was employed as a housekeeper for beat poet Allen Ginsberg.