Benjamin Mathews

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AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS: WINNER TROPFEST PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2026 WINNER TROPFEST RUNWAYS CAREER ACCELERATION AWARD 2026 NOMINATED FOR STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS 2012 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ACADEMY AWARDS - BEST SHORT FILM 2013 NOMINATED FOR AWG AWGIE AWARD FOR COMEDY WRITING WINNER OF THE FOXTEL SCHOLARSHIP FOR EXCEPTIONAL NEW TALENT WINNER OF THE KENNETH MYER SCHOLARSHIP FOR EXCEPTIONAL TALENT WINNER OF THE MTV ONE80PROJECT - JURY CHOICE & PUBLIC VOTE WINNER BEST SHORT FILM, NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL WINNER BEST DIRECTOR, CHINA INTERNATIONAL KINGBONN NEW MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL WINNER BEST COMEDY DIRECTOR LA WEB FEST WINNER BEST SHORT FILM, FESTIVAL INTERNATION DE CINEMA DE RIMOUSKI, CANADA WINNER GOLD SHORTS AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM, SHORTS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, ADELAIDE WINNER AUDIENCE AWARD, FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE ECOLES DE CINEMA, BELGIUM WINNER OF THE SHARK ISLAND FILM AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY WINNER OF THE AWARD AWARDS BRONZE PENCIL FOR ADVERTISING NOMINATED FOR THE SABER AWARDS FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING AWARD FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR AT THE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR AT THE UNSW AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTOR AT THE UNSW Ben Mathews is an award-winning director, actor, screenwriter and a highly sought after acting coach. He was the recipient of both the Foxtel Scholarship for Exceptional New Talent and the Kenneth B Myer Award for Exceptional Talent. Ben's short film 'Emily' was nominated for the Student Academy Award and screened at the Cannes Film Festival. He directed, co-wrote and co-produced the winning MTV/Optus ONE80PROJECT, 'Deadbeat Dads,' which aired on MTV. He is currently developing the series with Ian Collie at Easy Tiger and Barry Ryan at Free@Last for the UK. His work has received 15 awards over the past three years. Ben directed a half-hour comedy pilot, BedHead for the ABC, based on a comedy web series of the same name. He is also co-writer and co-producer of the show. It aired on the ABC in 2015. The original web series won 4 awards LA Web Fest 2016, out of 8 nominations. Ben was awarded Outstanding Direction in a Comedy Series and was nominated for Outstanding Writing and Best Comedy Series. He and his co-writers were also nominated for an AWG AWGIE Award for the series. Ben is also a commercial director and has several awards, including an AWARD Award for conceiving a Matt Moran viral campaign for the food charity OzHarvest. As an actor Ben has appeared in over 30 plays, working at Sydney Theatre Company, Belvoir Street and Off-Broadway in New York City; in film and on Australian television. He has been fortunate enough to work or study alongside David Mamet, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Edward Albee, Clark Gregg, Jacki Weaver, Garth Davis, Barrie Kosky and Neil Armfield among others. In 2012, Michael Hauge, the prestigious screenwriting expert from LA mentored Ben on his first feature film script. Ben is the founder of Acting Mastery, one of Australia’s leading screen acting studios, and host of The Acting Mastery Podcast, with a social media following of over 230,000.