Ben Lawrence is an Australian

photographer A photographer (the Greek language, Greek φῶς (''phos''), meaning "light", and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light") is a person who makes photographs. Duties and types of photographe ...

and

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of TV commercials and feature films. He is the son of Australian film maker Ray Lawrence. Ben Lawrence was born in London. In 2006 he was a recipient of the

Association of Independent Commercial Producers The Association of Independent Commercial Producers, or AICP, is an American not for profit organization that represents the interests of United States companies that specialize in commercial production. Its members work in various media—film, v ...

award for "international excellence." In 2008 & 2009 he was nominated for an

Australian Directors Guild The Australian Directors' Guild (ADG) is an industry guild representing the interests of film, television, commercials and digital media directors, including documentary makers and animators, throughout Australia. With its headquarters in Sydney ...

award in the Best Direction of a Television Commercial category and was also recipient of the inaugural ADG, GRASS award. In 2018 Lawrence's documentary, ''Ghosthunter'', premiered at the

Sydney Film Festival The Sydney Film Festival is an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia, usually over 12 days in June. A number of awards are given, the top one being the Sydney Film Prize. the festival's director is Nashen Moodley. Histo ...

, the same year he directed the film, ''

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''. Lawrence's documentary ''Ithaka'' will debut at the Sydney Film Festival in November 2021. It is a feature documentary that follows John Shipton's battle to save his son,

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. It was filmed over two years in Europe and the UK and contains original music by

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. Lawrence won Best Documentary - Public Broadcast or Exhibition for his documentary Ithaka at the

AWGIE Awards The AWGIE Awards is an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Australian Writers' Guild, for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. The awards began in 1967. The awards are judged by over 50 writers, most of whom are previou ...

2022.

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Caravan Pictures
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