Tel Benjamin

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Tel Benjamin is an AACTA award-winning actor, screenwriter and director based in Sydney, Australia. His debut short film Noah premiered at the LA Comedy Festival 2015.

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Tel Benjamin is an AACTA award-winning actor, screenwriter and director based in Sydney, Australia.

His debut short film Noah premiered at the LA Comedy Festival 2015. Tel’s follow-up films are: Ladylike, (AACTA Social Shorts Winner Best Comedy, Audience Award Winner at Sydney Underground Film Festival 2017, Audience & Best Performance Award Winner at Freshflix Film Festival 2018, Best International Film Award at Canadian International Comedy Film Festival, and Setaceous (Fantastic Fest 2017, A Night of Horror Film Festival 2017, Horror Show Hotdog Film Festival 2017, Portland International Film Festival 2018, Chattanooga Film Festival 2018, Way Down Film Festival 2018). Setaceous was distributed through horror streaming platform ALTER. In 2018 he completed an ABC & Create NSW funded pilot for his virtual reality mini-series, The Obscure.

He has also written and directed commercial content through his production comapny, Chekhov’s Gun, for Netflix and Urban Walkabout, and has collaborated in the development of various projects with production companies such as CBS and WETA.

Tel has a slate of television and feature projects currently in development. His feature film, Mad Extravagant City, currently in post-production.

  • 15 years' experience
  • Joined February 2026

Skills· 1

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Education
  • Professional Services

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Work experience· 17 roles

Writer, Director, Co-Producer · Granny (Feature Film Project: Mad Extravagant City)Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

Feature film project in development/post-production; collaborating on writing, directing and co-producing duties for a planned release in 2025.

Selection Committee · FlickerfestJan 2023 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr

Selected, watched and reviewed short films for the festival.

Writer, Director & Co-Producer · Love Bites (Music Video - 2022)Jan 2022 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr

Music video production with writing, directing and co-producing responsibilities; distributed via ALTER (2022).

Selection Committee · FlickerfestJan 2021 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr
Selection Committee · FlickerfestJan 2019 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr
VR Panel MC – Storytelling in VR · BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL XR_Co_LabJan 2019 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr
Assistant Director & Associate Producer · Outhouse Theatre CompanyJan 2019 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr
Co-Writer, Director & Producer · All Hallow's Eve (48 Hour Short Film Competition - 2019)Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr

Education· 5

Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts · Actors Centre Australia2012 – 2014
Acting · National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) – The Actor2011
Acting Ensemble Extended · National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)2010
Acting Training · Australian Theatre for Young People1998 – 2004

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