Ben McNeill is an Australian film producer of feature and documentary films, including the 2023
Australian
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comedy
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Origins
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drama film
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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
AACTA Awards
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. In 2018, he co-produced
organ transplant
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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
AACTA Award
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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
Trish Lake
Trish Lake is an Australian producer of feature films and documentaries and former ABC TV journalist. Among her works are ''Gettin' Square ''(2003)'', The Burning Season ''(2008) and ''Frackman'' (2015). She is the CEO of Freshwater Pictures, b ...
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 Early Winter
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.
McNeill is the managing director of the production company Benjamac Entertainment and is based in
Canberra
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, Australia.
Feature films
* ''
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 ...
'' (2023)
* ''
Dying to Live'' (2018)
References
External links
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Living people
Australian film producers
Australian documentary film producers
Mass media people from Brisbane
Year of birth missing (living people)