Ben Kuchera grew up in rural Indiana, the son of a Lutheran Pastor and School teacher mother. He showed an interest in art at an early age and continues to paint, draw, write and animate as well as make films.Kuchera wrote and directed his first 16mm film, a short called "Rest Stop 2 Miles" which he shot on location in rural Illinois. Leaving Minneapolis after ten years, Kuchera would soon build on that experience by undertaking his first feature length project, "Mayfly Days," while attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This would be his first 16mm feature film.As he wrote, shot and edited "Mayfly Days" over the next several years in Los Angeles, Kuchera began his studies at the California Institute of the Arts, where he received his bachelor's degree in Film/Video in 1999. He accepted a scholarship to study Fine Arts and Electronic Media at the University Cincinnati and completed two years in Masters studies before leaving to work in the commercial video production industry.Married to Sarah Bajus on June 12 2004, Kuchera now lives in Lexington, Kentucky where he is an independent filmmaker, illustrator, and musician. His comedy and music albums are for sale on itunes under one of his names...Ben Kuchera.Kuchera is also a graphic design professor, and artist by trade. He is currently working on his next documentary code named, "W.K." This is a project that will be shooting over three years for completion in 2009.
