Ben McNeill is an Australian film producer of feature and documentary films, including the 2023

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A Savage Christmas ''A Savage Christmas'' is a 2023 Australian comedy drama film directed by Madeleine Dyer, and starring Darren Gilshenan and Helen Thomson. Plot After years of estrangement, transgender woman Davina Savage returns home for Christmas with her ne ...

, which was nominated for Best Indie Film at the 13th annual

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. In 2018, he co-produced

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feature documentary '' Dying to Live'' (2018), which follows those awaiting an organ on the organ transplant list, and which was shortlisted for a 2018

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. McNeill has collaborated with filmmaker Mark Lewis on the projects Cane Toads: The Conquest (2010) and The Standard of Perfection series specials, and Australian producer

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on the theatrical feature documentary

Frackman ''Frackman'' is a 2015 Australian documentary film about the former construction worker turned anti-fracking movement, anti-fracking activist Dayne Pratzky as he responds to the expansion of the coal seam gas industry near Tara, Queensland. The ...

and Australian-Canadian drama co-production

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. McNeill is the managing director of the production company Benjamac Entertainment and is based in

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, Australia.

Feature films

* ''

'' (2023) * '' Dying to Live'' (2018)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McNeill, Ben Living people Australian film producers Australian documentary film producers Mass media people from Brisbane Year of birth missing (living people)