Ben C. Lucas

Director • Writer

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Bio

Ben spent his childhood travelling the world by boat with his father, a professional photographer and author, and his mother, a teacher. This unusual upbringing developed an early interest in story and culture. With a formal education in history and a professional background in games design, games is where Ben’s career path began, working freelance for US companies Palladium, Pinnacle, and Warner Bros., before moving into writing and directing. His first screenplay All Flesh Must be Eaten won the Inside Film What IF? Award and his debut feature Wasted on the Young premiered to rave reviews at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. Ben is now an award-winning director and screenwriter.

Currently working between London and Sydney, Ben is in post on the upcoming Disney+ action-adventure series Nautilus due for release late 2023.

Other recent television work includes the Amazon series The Wilds for ABC Signature and Australian dramas like the Foxtel original series Fighting Season starring Jay Ryan, Ewen Leslie and Kate Mulvany; My Life is Murder staring Lucy Lawless; Informer 3838, the latest instalment of the Underbelly series for Screentime and the Nine Network staring Ella Scott Lynch; Darby & Joan for Acorn starring Bryan Brown and Greta Scacchi and After the Verdict for the Nine Network, starring Sullivan Stapleton, Magda Scubanski and Michelle Lim Davidson.

Ben's directorial debut Wasted on the Young, starring Oliver Ackland, Alex Russell and Adelaide Clemens, premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and screened in competition at Busan, SxSW, Torino and the Sydney Film Festival. Wasted was released by Paramount Pictures in Australia, Momentum Pictures in the UK and Indomina in the US before being acquired by Netflix.

Ben's second feature, sci-fi thriller OtherLife, starring Jessica de Gouw, premiered at Sydney Film Festival in 2017 and was acquired worldwide by Netflix.

Ben is currently attached to direct several feature and TV projects with partners in the US, UK and Australia.