1. Ben Weir
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July 2011
Creative Director, Writer, Director and Producer
Film Festival Screenings & TVC & Marketing Awards
2011 MEXICO International Short Film Festival
SILVER PALM
THE NEIGHBOUR
Short Film
Director – Ben Weir
Original Screenplay – Ben Weir
Producer – Ben Weir & Chris Seeto
DOP – Peter Holland
2010 Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival
FINALIST International Competition
THE NEIGHBOUR
Short Film
2009 MFA Grand Prix Winner
Sensodyne: The Chill Test
AGENCY: Bellamyhayden & C4LIVE
CLIENT: GlaxoSmithKline
Copywriter – Ben Weir
Creative Director – Richard Bradley
Producer – Brad Wright
Judges’ comments
The Grand Prix panel was looking for an entry that showed the evolution of thinking.
Sensodyne: The Chill Test was a simply great idea that delivered on consumer insight,
had high involvement and comprehensive results.
2009 NSW Regional ACS Awards – Bronze
Corporate Communications
Novecom Telstra Case Study
Producer – Ben Weir
Dir – Zoe Harvey
DOP – Andrew Mc Clymont
Agency – C4LIVE

2. 2006 Tropfest Best of the Rest
DEADLINE 8:45
Short Film
Director – Ben Weir
Original Screenplay – Ben Weir
Producer – Chris Seeto
DOP – Peter Holland
2006 Pleiades International Short Film Festival
DEADLINE 8:45
Short Film
Director – Ben Weir
Original Screenplay – Ben Weir
Producer – Chris Seeto
DOP – Peter Holland
2004 London International Awards – Finalist
Public Service/Social Welfare
Organ Donations - Taxi
Director: Ben Weir
Client: Red Cross
Agency: Batey Kazoo, Sydney
Production Company: Republic Films, Sydney
Producer: Mike Carlton
Cameraman: Russell Boyd
RESUME
February 2011 – Present
Creative DIrector NOW COMMUNICATIONS GROUP www.nowcommsgroup.com
Milsons Point, N.S.W. 6 month contract
After a 5 week contract as Lead Content Producer for a conference in Papua New Guinea,
accepted the offer of a 6-month contract as Creative Director. Have been involved in the
running of the studio, edit suites and production of events, video, digital work, point of sale
pieces, b2b and corporate comms.
Strong input into process improvements and company restructure.
Solid relationship building with key corporate clients.
Clients include Nestle, VMware, Adobe, GSK, MSD, Railcorp, McAfee
September 2010 – December 2010
Executive Producer SPINIFEX INTERACTIVE www.spinifexgroup.com
Redfern, N.S.W. 3 month contract
Headed the Corporate video department. Clients included BT, Westpac, LG, Denso.
Responsible for the production of successful pitches to the value of $600k.
Wrote, directed and produced a number of smaller projects.
Worked with Spinifex on activations for the VIVID Festival for 2011.

3. June 2009 – September 2010
Creative Lead with C4LIVE
Surry Hills, N.S.W. Full-time.
Writer, director & producer at C4LIVE working across all 3 strands of the business – Screen
content, Digital and Experiential. Ben has been lead creative on numerous commercial projects
and written copy for a multiplicity of applications – TVCs, video, experiential campaigns, road
shows, EDMs, websites, conferences, long copy, short copy, and brochures.
Directed multiple projects involving professional talent and non-performers alike.
Also conceptualised and developed creative for a Microsoft Platinum Certification Windows 7
training day for retailers that toured Australia.
Clients included Sydney Water, Telstra, BigPond, Energy Australia, GSK, Cisco, the Photon
Group, Foodbank. Alcatel-Lucent, The Salvation Army and Fantastic Holdings – with whom he
developed a relationship off the back of one corporate video that saw C4Live produce 6 TVC
campaigns. Weir wrote all 6, directed 1, and produced 4.
April 2008 to June 2009
Senior Producer with C4Live
Surry Hills, N.S.W. Full-time.
During this time I produced long and short form corporate films and web content in various
forms for big name brands in Australia.
Clients included Telstra, BigPond, Energy Australia, GSK, Cisco, the Photon Group, Foodbank.
Alcatel-Lucent.
At all stages of production C4LIVE encourages a strong focus on accuracy and attention to
detail. I worked to this and was promoted quickly to Creative Lead.
Mid 2004 to April 2008
Writer, Director, Producer with Republic Films Australia
Television commercials, on-line content, short films, TV series.
Willoughby, N.S.W. Full-time.
Directed over 30 television commercials for various clients.
Early 2006 to April 2008
Lecturer of Television commercial Production, MACLEAY COLLEGE, Sydney
Permanent Part Time
Every Wednesday I held classes at a tertiary level. Topics covered the entire production
process from idea generation and script-writing through to post production.

4. Early 2001 to Mid 2004
Radical Media, Sydney. Director’s Assistant and treatment editor.
Surry Hills, N.S.W. Full time.
I was engaged in a supporting role to Radical Media’s roster of directors. I worked one-on-one
with Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, Fog of War), Alan White (Erskineville Kings, Risk), Bruce
Hunt (The Cave), and Jeff Darling.
Clients Included – Carlton Cold, Jaguar, Coca Cola, Virgin, BMW (Germany), Holden, Chivas
Regal, Stolichnaya, Jamaican Tourism, 7-Up, Kodak (USA), Pepsi, Nintendo, De Beers, and
VISA.
I was privileged to be a part of the unfolding of some great long form projects. These included
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, ESPN’s The Life, Errol Morris First Person, A Day in the Life
of Africa, and Road to Paris.
I shot and edited a behind the scenes documentary on a shoot for Cougar Bourbon.
1999 to 2000
Animal Logic Film. Character design, post-production assistant, camera operator.
Fox Studios, Moore Park, N.S.W. Freelance.
Films and TV Included – Moulin Rouge, Matrix, Chopper, Mullet, Farscape
1999 to late 2000
Sydney Theatre Company. Documentary writer/director.
Hickson Road, Millers Point, Sydney. Freelance.
Wrote, directed, shot and edited 3 documentaries on current productions
Education
2007
News Limited AWARD SCHOOL
1997 to 2000
Bachelor of Design, Visual Communication, Honours.
University of Technology, Sydney
Majors: Film and Video, Animation, and Creative Writing.
1993
Bachelor of Arts, ANU, Canberra
English, Drama and French majors. Italian minor.
1992
Higher School Certificate.

5. Short Fiction Films -
A Man’s Job – 1999. Writer/Director/Producer.
The Night – 2000. Writer/Director.
Deadline 8:45 – 2006. Writer/Director. The film screened at Tropfest Best of the Rest 2006,
Homebrewed Film Fest 2006 & Pleiades Festival 2006 (France & Japan)
The Neighbour – 2009. Writer/Director/Producer.
Festivals include –
2010 Clermont Ferrand International FIlm Fest,
2010 Film Festival of Grenoble,
2010 Festival Antipodes, France,
2010 Radar Hamburg,
2010 St Kilda Film Festival (Opening Night FIlm & official competition),
2010 Byron Bay International FIlm Fest,
2010 Hoboken International Film Festival,
2010 Cinefiesta, Puerto Rico
2010 Festival Silhouette, Paris,
2010 Lago International Short FIlm Fest,
2011 AICE FIlm Fest, Israel & Australia.
2011 SIlver Palm Mexico International Film Festival