2026 AACTA award winner for Best Director of a Documentary Series.
Ben’s films have screened at festivals including Toronto, Busan, Sydney, Edinburgh, Clermont-Ferrand, Sheffield, DocNYC, Melbourne, Palm Springs, Sitges, Melbourne and Sao Paulo.
Walkley Documentary Award nominee and four-time Australian Writers Guild Award winner across feature film, documentary and podcast categories.
Australian Directors Guild highest award winner, Best Director for his feature film, Hearts and Bones - starring Hugo Weaving and premiering at TIFF.
His 2018 documentary, Ghosthunter won Sydney Film Festival Best Documentary and was nominated for the esteemed Illuminate Award at Sheffield DocFest.
Ben has also directed factual TV series, including The People vs. Robodebt, The Jury, Stuff The British Stole and the 4 Corners series, Exposed: The Case of Kelli Lane.
His 2021 feature documentary, Ithaka opened both the Barcelona & Berlin Human Rights Film Festivals - where it won the audience award and also screened in competition at Sydney, DocNYC, Sheffield and DocEdge Festival - where Ben was awarded Best International Director.