How It All Started
After one week of college, Taliesin dropped out for a surgery to remove his pelvis and hip following a run in with bone cancer. During a long recovery, he was looking for ways to spin his wheels. That's when he found drones – a vehicle to experience the world in motion. And so it goes: his freelance filmmaking career began. Taliesin didn’t go back to college.
Ben got his start in filmmaking when he was 5 years old by stealing his dad’s Handycam -- a testament to his insatiable curiosity for all things technical and creative. After studying Neuroscience and Film in college and living in Southern California, Ben moved back to the Pacific Northwest to dive into film full-time. With a passion for visual storytelling and for crafting unique imagery, Ben has worked on a wide range of projects from award-winning documentaries to commercials and feature films.
Together, Ben and Taliesin created Zephyr Visuals in 2017. They have directed and DP’d award-winning films, produced commercials for a variety of brands, and shot aerials for clients like Audi, T-Mobile, Amazon, Discovery Channel, and Bing.