Benita Raphan is a Director and Designer for print and television. She was represented briefly by Joy Films, in London, and returned to NYC to open Pete the Dog Productions in 2000. SHOOT Magazine featured her in their "New Director's Issue" in 2008. Another Sundance Channel film that she produced and directed, was featured in "Creativity Magazine's No-Spot Short Film Festival." Raphan has produced and directed a series of original content documentaries in collaboration with the following leaders in the post-production world; Nice Shoes; jumP; Manic; Crew Cuts; Hooligan; SUSPECT; Coda and Sound Lounge. Her films have been presented on HBO, The Sundance Channel, Channel Four Television, UK, PBS, and at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Benita has worked as a designer for clients as diverse as Yves Saint Laurent, Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, Wieden + Kennedy, Deutsch, Inc., Knopf, and The New York Times Op-Ed Page. She has received Gold medals from The Art Directors Club, Le Club Des Directeurs Artistiques, Paris and The Broadcast Designers' Awards. Her work is in the permanent collection of The Cooper Hewitt, The Edwin R. Ruben Film and Video Study Center at the Walker Art Center, the British Artists’ Film & Video Study Collection, Harvard University, Stanford University, The British Arts Council, and at The Warsaw Poster Biennale. Her films have been presented in London at The ICA and The National Portrait Gallery, and in the United States at The Kennedy Center and The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her films have also been shown at the Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, and London Film Festival.