Benjamin O'Donnell

Ben is an award-winning screen producer with a wealth of experience with the biggest ad agencies across Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Commercial accolades include runner-up in bestadsontv.com, Top 5 worldwide on ad forum and a Bronze at AWARD 2022. Equally at home on a sound stage as he is running big budget live action and VFX-driven projects, Ben is one of Australia's most experienced producers of Tabletop food photography. He has produced hundreds of food-focused commercials, interstitials, stills as well as campaigns where high-speed photography and robotic motion control technologies are required. Food clients have included, ALDI, McDonald’s, Cadbury, Subway, Red Rooster, IGA, Woolworth’s, Hungry Jack’s, Continental, Moccona and Nestle amongst others. .

Ben is creator, Series Producer and Co-Director of Tasty Conversations (SBS Food, FYI Asia) and Co-Director / Producer on Eat, Roam, Relish (2024), a 6 x 30min Food & Travel television show set in Sarawak, Malaysia with host Audra Morrice. See www.deliciouscontent.film for more.

Ben produced short film The Craft, which premiered at Flickerfest 2019, won Best Short Fiction at the One Screen Short Film Festival in New York and Silver at the prestigious Ciclope Festival 2019. He has enjoyed international festival success with a number of other shorts, including Second Hand (2015) Wish You Here (2016) and Pentimento (2019). Ben currently has two feature films in development as writer/producer. See www.podgefilms.com for more.

Ben also holds a Bachelor of Music Education and was a school music teacher for over ten years. In 2021, he became the inaugural Producer/Director of the HSC Showcase performance recordings across OnSTAGE, Callback and ENCORE for the NSW Government.