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Benjamin Pineros

Bogotá
As seen in: BuzzFeed, Variety Australia, Rolling Stone Australia, BuzzFeed News, Tone Deaf, The BRAG, Feature Shoot, Lost At E Minor
Covers:  * World Politics * Current Events * Technology * Film Industry * Film Reviews * Music * Pop Culture * Comic Books * Photography * Art *Science
Doesn't Cover: * Food industry * Celebrity gossip * Software development
Filmmaker. Journalist. Procrastination guru. Writer for @rollingstoneaus @tonedeaf @WatchTheTitles

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Benjamin Piñeros was born in Bogotá, Colombia but lived his entire childhood in NYC.

He's a self-taught filmmaker and 3D artist who's worked on feature animated films and independent video-games. Winner of several local production grants, he's been developing for years an ambitious transmedia project that includes Servicios Públicos, a sci-fi, black & white film set in a dystopian, Latin American metropolis.

With an engaging, straightforward writing style, Benjamin has covered a wide range of …

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5 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Already Changing Cinema

5 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Already Changing Cinema

Artificial Intelligence is allowing automation to be faster, broader and more disruptive than ever before. We…

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English/Australian musician Example talks about his cinematic new album

English/Australian musician Example talks about his cinematic new album

Rolling Stone Australia had a lengthy chat with English EDM phenomenon Example about his career, and his upco…

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Top 5: Best Dystopian Tales Ever Told in Comics - Submarine Channel

Top 5: Best Dystopian Tales Ever Told in Comics - Submarine Channel

Many dystopias no longer feel like visions of a future far away. High-tech surveillance states, artificial in…

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"I don't give a fuck about what's in the charts" we talk to punk troubadour Frank Turner

"I don't give a fuck about what's in the charts" we talk to punk troubadour Frank Turner

Chameleonic British musician Frank Turner has certainly ruffled some feathers with his latest release, No Man…

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The Definitive Guide To The Best Films Of 2014 - NerdSpan

The Definitive Guide To The Best Films Of 2014 - NerdSpan

All major film festivals have given their verdicts, the Golden Globes have just passed and the Oscars are alr…

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What happened to all the noise? We revisit Purple, probably the last great grunge album

What happened to all the noise? We revisit Purple, probably the last great grunge album

25 years ago Stone Temple Pilots released their sophomore album Purple, a work that marked their departure fr…

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Guinness Is Giving The Shaft To The World’s Biggest Dick Pic

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By Benjamin Pineros
| BuzzFeed
It took him months to figure out a file format that could accommodate such large amounts of data. The first candidate was TIFF, widely used in scientific applications and the VFX industry, but the format maxes out at 4 gigabytes and can't have any values, including length or width, over 2 to the 32nd power. This was not enough for the Eggplant’s mighty creation.
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Applications closing for 2023 AFTRS Master of Arts Screen

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By Benjamin Pineros, Sam Bowmer
| Variety Australia
AFTRS, Australia’s prestigious national screen and broadcast school, is renowned for its Master of Arts Screen program. Offered in nine disciplines—cinematography, directing, documentary, editing, music, producing, production design, screenwriting and sound design—applications for the 2023 intake close on the 31st of August.
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Take it to 11 with the Emberton II portable speaker from Marshall

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By Benjamin Pineros
| Rolling Stone Australia
Marshall, the legendary amp manufacturer behind the signature sound of bands like The Who, AC/DC, and Muse presents the Emberton II, a stylish portable speaker so loud you won’t hear yourself thinking. When your out in the battlefield With Mr. Stack behind you feel invincible When you hear that sound you’re in seventh heaven This motherfucker goes right up to eleven Lyrics from ‘Marshall Stack’, by Sweet.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing film reviews for a pop culture site called Nerdspan

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I've always been a visionary.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Spider Jerusalem from Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis.

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