Ben Anderson

Ben Anderson, the journalist who produced, filmed and wrote The Battle for Marjah, began his career as an undercover reporter, producing exposés on topics as varied as funeral home abuses, violence among prison officers, the abuse of the mentally ill and civil war in Burma. A veteran documentarian, Anderson has presented numerous films and series for the BBC and the Discovery Channel. Highlights include Holidays in the Axis of Evil (secret travels through six countries blacklisted by the U.S. State Department), Taking on the Taliban (following a unit of British soldiers on the front lines in Afghanistan), Young, British and Angry (exploring the far-right English Defence League), The Violent Coast (a series about the conflicts along the west coast of Africa), Frontline Football (chronicling four teams from war torn nations as they try and qualify for the World Cup) and Slumdogs and Millionaires (exposing slave labour in Dubai.) He has spent the last four years concentrating on the war in Afghanistan.

During his career, Anderson has won a Foreign Press Award and was twice shortlisted for the Royal Television Society Young Journalist of the Year honor and Prix Europa prizes. In addition to writing articles for the Times of London, Esquire, GQ, and other publications, Anderson is currently working on a book about his experiences in the war-torn southern provinces of Afghanistan, which will be called “No Worse Enemy.”