Without a talented director who has a creative mind, the audience cannot expect a documentary or movie that seems interesting. Yes, they play a crucial role in bringing any documentary film that can entertain the public. Here we will discuss Billy Corben, who is one of the top-rated documentary film directors belongs to America. He is also co-founder of the well-known Miami Based studio named Raconteur. Corben has always been fully dedicated to his profession, which has made him capable of offering some of the best documentaries to the audience. You should get much clear idea about him by going through these generals.

Early life

Corben was born in 1978 in Fort Myers, Florida, to a Jewish family. He had spent his childhood in South Florida. He has not disclosed any information about his parents and their occupations. But it has been confirmed that he was having a great interest in acting from the early days. He attended New World School of arts high school for his graduation in honours. Later, he went to the University of Miami for getting major in political science, screenwriting and theatre. During their childhood acting time, he has also spent a long time in Los Angeles.

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Career beginning

Billy Corben commenced his career by directing the documentary titled ‘Raw Deal: A question of Consent’, which was also premiered at the Sundance film festival. Everyone was so impressed as he was recognised as one of the youngest directors in the history of Sundance. This project made him sustain in the different controversies for a long time period, and the documentary received unexpected attention. Later, he founded Miami Beach-based content creation company by collaborating with Alfred Spellman, and it was named Rakontur. This was the only time when they also developed Cocaine cowboys. This film also offered him a huge success, and he earned immense fame from the audience at the global level. The Cocaine boys have been marked as the highest-rated documentary ever, which admired Corben to work on its sequel.

He produced Dawg fight in 2012, which was based on the expose of underground backyard MMA fighting in Miami’s neighbourhood. This documentary was also proved as a very successful story that everyone liked. In 2019, he worked on co-writing the confessions of Cocaine Cowboy with a famous journalist and television writer named Aurin Squire. This documentary was world premiered and was commissioned by Miami New Drama at the Colony Theatre. The scripts of this documentary include text from newspaper articles and other documents related to it. Corben has offered his original music tracks to his documentaries, and all of them were liked by the audience.

The things do not end up here as he has performed well in the charity programs. He is a big supporter of Miami’s Hope for Vision and also offers financial assistance to several other organisations, which is really a good thing.

Personal life

Billy Corben has not yet revealed even a little information about his personal life. It seems like he is not interested in making his private life public. But he is residing in Miami, Florida.

Net worth

The net worth of Billy Corben is estimated at $58 million in 2021.