ABOUT + CONTACT
Ben is a film director working across narrative and commercial disciplines.
Crafted visuals born from honest human performances form the heart of Ben’s work, resulting in a beautiful yet highly contemporary aesthetic. He has directed projects featuring Gal Gadot, Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Joseph Fiennes and Jackie Weaver to name a few.
Ben’s personal film projects focus on memory and identity. His short film Apricot garnered a huge online cult following upon release, winning Best Narrative Film on Vimeo as voted by a community of over 3 million users. The same year he received a nomination for Best Director by the Australian Director’s Guild for Some Static Started.
His coming of age noir short film Blood Pulls A Gun featuring Odessa Young had it's world premiere at SXSW Film Festival in competition for the Grand Jury Award. He was then awarded Best Emerging Filmmaker at the Melbourne International Film Festival along with a Best Director nomination by the Directors Guild of Australia. Follow up screenings included the BFI London Film Festival, Palm Springs International Film Festival and Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Most recently Ben was commissioned by Vogue China to write and direct Amour, a romantic thriller short film to launch their prestigious Vogue Film publication.
On the commercial side, Ben has helmed projects for clients such as Apple, Audi, Qantas, Inter-LGBT Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Asahi Beer, Woolmark and Playboy Fragrances for Coty.
He has won numerous awards including the Silver SHOTS Young Director Award at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival followed by the New Director Award at Adfest. His project for Apple's celebration of same sex marriage was nominated for the Film Lion at Cannes and won TV Campaign of the Year at the B&T Awards. In addition, his short film featuring Brazilian ballet dancer Ingrid Silva won Cannes Silver Lion for Film Craft, a Gold for Best Direction at the Epica Advertising awards and took out the Grand Prix and Gold for Best Branded Content Film at the European Cristal Advertising Awards. Other commercial projects he directed have picked up numerous awards including Spikes, Clio’s and two Silver Medals at the Phoenix Awards and a Gold at the New York Festivals’ International Advertising and Television and Film Awards.
Ben continues to work on unique commercial and film projects.
Management
2AM // Christine D'Souza Gelb
Legal
Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof and Fishman // Jacob Shapira
Commercials Representation
Australia + New Zealand // Collider
France // Dillinger
All other contact
ben(at)benbriand.com