Ben Forkner graduated from Harvard College, magna cum laude, in 2001. He spent fifteen years at Management 360 where he was the President of Motion Picture Production of Entertainment 360 (HBO's Game of Thrones). He worked with clients and their respective studio deals and companies on all matters relating to intellectual property, development, financing, and production. He was chosen as one of Variety's New Leaders of Hollywood and the Hollywood Reporter's Next Generation.
In 2019, he founded Pendleton Media Group with a first-look film, television, and new media production deal at Entertainment One. Since then he produced Deep Water for New Regency, directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas. He's in production on the documentary The Flag Makers, directed by Academy Award winner Cynthia Wade for NatGeo. And he's in production on the television series Ripley for Showtime, based on The Talented Mr. Ripley books by Patricia Highsmith, with Academy Award winner Steven Zaillian writing and directing all episodes.
