Draft:Ben Please

Ben Please is a British musician, film maker and producer. He has had a long-term song-writing collaboration with Beth Porter, as The Bookshop Band.

Education
Ben Please graduated with a first in Natural Sciences at Cambridge University and was awarded the Jacob Bronowski Prize for The History and Philosophy of Science.

Collaborations and projects
Please has released 19 studio albums, the majority of which are in collaboration with The Bookshop Band, the most recent of which was in collaboration with Pete Townshend.

Please and his brother, Mikey Please, have created musical scores such as Alan The Infinite (2024). Notable film credits include composing the score for Aardman Animations' Oscar-nominated animated musical Robin Robin (2021) and the BAFTA-winning animation The Eagleman Stag (2010).

In addition to his work in film scoring, Ben Please is a film editor and documentary maker. Between 2001 and 2010, he co-produced, filmed and edited over 300 environmental films in East Africa. In 2022 Please was the director of photography and sound designer on the feature film, Stella.