In 2026 Ben was awarded Best Director of a Documentary Series by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts.
His films have screened at festivals including Toronto, Busan, Sydney, Edinburgh, Clermont-Ferrand, Sheffield, DocNYC, Melbourne, Palm Springs, Sitges, Melbourne and Sao Paulo.
In 2022 he was nominated for Australia’s most prestigious journalism documentary award - The Walkley Documentary Award and he is a four-time AACTA nominee for directing and four-time Australian Writers Guild Award winner across feature film, documentary and podcast categories.
In 2020 he was awarded the Australian Directors Guild highest award 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: Death on the Staircase, 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.