McKinley Benson is a filmmaker and alumnus of the Savannah College of Art and Design, graduating summa cum laude with a BFA in Film and Television. He is a director, producer, and writer responsible for a variety of live-action narrative and documentary shorts playing at festivals around the world and garnering three Student Emmy awards. In 2017, McKinley co-founded the independent production studio, Room 330, specializing in high-quality narrative work.