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.…

Tel Benjamin

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.…

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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.

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Writer, Director, Co-Producer at Granny (Feature Film Project: Mad Extravagant City)
January 1, 2024 - Present
Feature film project in development/post-production; collaborating on writing, directing and co-producing duties for a planned release in 2025.
Co-Creator, Writer, Director at The Obscure (VR Pilot for ABC/Create NSW)
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Virtual reality pilot for a mini-series, developed for ABC TV and Create NSW; roles included co-creator, writer and director.
Writer, Director & Producer at Ladylike (Short Film - 2017)
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Short film project written, directed and produced; distributed as part of Freshflix and other platforms.
Writer, Director & Producer at Setaceous (Short Film - 2017)
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Short film created and distributed via ALTER in 2020; roles included writing, direction and producing.
Co-Writer, Director & Producer at All Hallow's Eve (48 Hour Short Film Competition - 2019)
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Created under tight deadline; co-wrote, directed and produced a 48-hour film entry.
Executive Producer at Granny (Short Film) – Omeleto distribution
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020
Executive producer for the short film Granny; later distributed via Omeleto in 2020.
Writer, Director & Producer at Noah (Short Film - 2015)
January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2016
Wrote, directed and produced the short film Noah; distributed through Daily Short Pick and Film Shortage (2016).
Writer, Director & Producer at Netflix Promo – If You Are the Master of One (2017)
January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017
Online promotional video produced for Netflix; involved writing, directing and producing.
Writer, Director & Co-Producer at Love Bites (Music Video - 2022)
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Music video production with writing, directing and co-producing responsibilities; distributed via ALTER (2022).
Host and Chaperone at Great Race Team Building
January 1, 2012 - Present
Duties include building rapport and facilitating games for corporate, school aged participants; ongoing since 2012.
Assistant Director & Associate Producer at Outhouse Theatre Company
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Worked as assistant director and associate producer on John by Annie Baker.
VR Panel MC – Storytelling in VR at BYRON BAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL XR_Co_Lab
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
MC for VR storytelling keynote talk and Q&A with Sundance, Disney and WETA alumni.
360 Vision Keynote Speaker – Storytelling in VR at Create NSW
January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2018
Keynote talk and Q&A on storytelling in Virtual Reality informed by The Obscure VR pilot experience.
Selection Committee at Flickerfest
January 1, 2019 - December 31, 2019
Selected, watched and reviewed short films for the BAFTA and Academy Award accredited festival.
Selection Committee at Flickerfest
January 1, 2021 - December 31, 2021
Selected, watched and reviewed short films for the festival.
Selection Committee at Flickerfest
January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023
Selected, watched and reviewed short films for the festival.
Assistant Grip at Packed to the Rafters (Channel 7)
January 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009
Assist Camera Dpt, equipment maintenance and supporting crew.

Education

Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts at Actors Centre Australia
January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2014
Acting at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) – The Actor
January 1, 2011 - December 31, 2011
Acting Ensemble Extended at National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)
January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010
Acting Training at Australian Theatre for Young People
January 1, 1998 - December 31, 2004
Higher School Certificate at Sydney Secondary College Blackwattle Bay
January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008

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